[On the first day of July, 4,500 words will be served]

Suzhou Mansion, in front of Hushu Pass.

Wu Xiongguang looked at the tens of thousands of homeless people inside and out, looking at the homeless people who filled the streets and alleys and every vacant lot, and the original pity on his face had unconsciously turned into indifference.

No amount of compassion will be consumed by the endless flow of refugees. There were too many people to imagine. After a period of frenzied influx of refugees, the city of Suzhou has now closed its doors to these refugees. Many refugees have returned to Hushuguan, where there are so many empty houses.

Wu Xiongguang, an eighteen-year-old young man, was also merciful to the displaced refugees from the beginning, because these people were loyal and good citizens of the Qing Dynasty, otherwise they would not have fled wildly, they all abandoned their homes in order to avoid the harsh government of Chen Thief.

Wu Xiongguang hated the upper and lower levels of the Fu Han army, not because he had been admitted to the Qing Dynasty's meritorious service, but because he regarded the Manchu Qing Dynasty as orthodox and the current season as a prosperous and peaceful time, and the rise of the Fu Han army messed up all this, and he regarded the Fu Han army as a thief and bandit who did not stand together.

What is anti-Qing and reverted to Han? They are all incitement to ignorance and stupidity. I don't know "Yidi and Huaxia, then Huaxia"; Those who are in China and Yi Di are Yi Di Zhi". The Qing Dynasty entered the customs for one hundred and twenty years, respecting Confucius and Confucianism, both for Zhengshuo. Like the Fu Han Army, a miscellaneous number of officials and officials are integrated, nondescript, absurd, and unusual, which is different.

Regardless of whether the ordinary people who occupy more than ninety percent of the world think so, Wu Xiongguang himself thinks so, and the vast majority of cynics in the world also think so. Anyway, the people who have an absolute advantage in numbers are numb and thoughtless, and they have no right to speak in public opinion. They don't need the right to speak, those people who are busy all day long for food, clothing and other necessities of life, their eyes can't see hundreds of years ago, at most they know that their father was tailed by money rats, no matter how ugly things are, they see too much, and they feel that it is natural and right.

The people's understanding of history comes from opera and storytelling, and the huge influence of the Three Kingdoms Opera in the people, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty's pursuit of Guan Yu again and again, are all complementary to each other.

Zhu Ming himself crippled himself, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty's entry into the Central Plains completely broke the backbone of the Chinese nation. With the end of the Yongzheng Dynasty Lu Liuliang case, the anti-Qing color has completely faded in China's 'Shilin' class. In their hearts, the Manchu Tartar is Huaxia.

Seeing the banner of 'anti-Qing and Fuhan' raised by the Fu Han army, this was very exciting for the cynic Shilin. Because they finally forgot their unbearable past in the long river of history, the Fu Han army stabbed their healing scars alive and pulled their ancestors out and whipped their corpses. Therefore, the scholars who have been touched by the sore spot have no one in the world who scolds and denounces the Han army.

The knife hasn't reached their necks yet.

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Wu Xiongguang, as the leader of the local Shilin young people in Jiangsu, called on the local gentry to donate money and food, organize group exercises, defend the township, and be loyal to the imperial court after the siege of Nanjing. For the local rich landlords and wealthy people in Suzhou, loyalty to the imperial court is of course allegiance, but it is more important to defend the township. There are still so many officers and soldiers in the world, and those officers and soldiers who are loyal to the imperial court should be loyal first.

But the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds, that is, there are some people with red hearts to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Relying on his own fame, Wu Xiongguang really got a batch of money in the hands of some gentry and merchants who were loyal to the Manchus, and organized a militia of four or five hundred people. In the process of the Fu Han army's attack on Suzhou, it played a little effect, and after the war, this 'excellent' militia was ceremoniously praised by the Suzhou government as a model. Wu Xiongguang's militia also rose, and the number of people rushed to the 1,000 mark.

Hushu Pass is located in the northwest of Suzhou City, the northeast foot of Nanyang Mountain, 25 miles away from Suzhou City, on both sides of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

As early as the time of Zhu Ming, Hushu Pass was a prosperous place on the Grand Canal. "It is connected to Kuabu on the top, the big river in the middle, and the Wuhui will be immersed in the sea to enter the sea", which is known as the "thoroughfare of the fourteen provinces". Cotton, wheat, miscellaneous grains in the north, seafood from Fujian and Guangzhou in the south, silk, cotton fabrics and other handicrafts from Suzhou, Hangzhou and Jiahu all have to pass through here. "Every day, thousands of people are sold here, and those who pass through the customs will also buy it."

Wuhua Tianbao is a golden land, and the outstanding people are Linghu Villa. It is the first town in Wuzhong.

Such a place was devastated in the course of the Fu Han army's attack on Suzhou. The war turned the large areas of houses and streets around the canal into white land, and when the war ended, the Suzhou government had not had time to catch its breath, and refugees from inside and outside Jiangning began to pour in. Wu Xiongguang's militia was transferred to Hushu Pass to maintain law and order. The recent surge in the number of his vigilante groups is also related to this. Too many refugees use Hushu Pass, and the sturdy men who are willing to eat military rations are the best source of soldiers.

The 'pure and kind' Wu Xiongguang quickly matured his mind under the impact of the cruel reality day after day. In addition to hating the Fu Han army that disturbed the world, he felt numb to the misery of the refugees.

"The country has raised my generation for 120 years, and today and tomorrow are in danger, so I should put on my liver and courage and do my best to repay it." Wu Xiongguang's father is just a very ordinary talent in Suzhou, he has not been able to pass the examination for half his life, his son is young but has been lifted, Wu's father is very proud. "If our generation calls itself a scholar, the program of the University should be clearly defined as an important matter for us to live in the world. From a self-point view, its merits are only two, which is called Gewu and sincerity. Those who study things are also knowledgeable. Those who are sincere will do what they do. "Father Wu felt that his children could not shake their resolve because of some frustration and darkness. The body and mind know, the family and the country, the world, everything is also. All things in heaven and earth, things that are used every day, are all things. And Gewu is exhausted, knowing the origin and end of things, and creating a place that can be obtained is the righteousness of Gewu. This is 'clear reasoning', and in the end, it must be done with sincerity.

The hardships of the world, the darkness of society, your own son must see through. There is a saying in "The Story of Stones" that says very well: The world is full of knowledge, and the practice of human feelings is the article.

In the future, his son will be an official and a big official, and the hardships in the world and the darkness in society must have a clear understanding, and behaving in the world is as important as the articles in your scientific examination.

If officialdom is a big examination room, it is your examination paper.

Wu Xiongguang's "Vital Thing to Live in the World" obtained from the "Four Books and Five Classics" is to be loyal to the imperial court and do his best to suppress the chaos of the officials and soldiers. Therefore, the 'hardships in the world and the darkness in society' that he saw, in Wu's father's view, allowed him to better understand this society, but he was not depressed because of it. If your faith is shaken for this reason, then how can you be sincere in doing it?

"Father, the sorrow of the son's heart is not in the present, but in the future. Although Liangjiang Gaotai and Jiangning General Jurong were defeated by the thieves and the army was defeated, there were few thieves and few prisoners [Really?] And what about the one who killed? 】。 The defeated soldiers and civilians of Jurong scattered and fled to the countryside, one of which went to Yixing and flowed in Huzhou, but more along the Grand Canal to Suzhou.

There are hundreds of thousands of refugees between Hushuguan and Suzhou City, how many refugees have no surplus wealth, and can only eat rice soup and wild vegetables every day. Just because the government treats the people in general, the refugees are gone. But if the bannermen and bannermen arrived, they would inevitably be respectfully welcomed into Suzhou City by Su Fantai [Suerde]. Wu Xiongguang's eyebrows were full of sorrow and bitterness. Su Fantai Surde is a Han Chinese, and no matter how ordinary a banner man is, he will be respectfully served by him.

But what do the 200,000 or 300,000 refugees on the border of Suzhou think? ......"If there are rebellious bandits among the refugees, a little agitation and incitement, and the crowd will be excited, and this will be another big disaster."

The privilege of the banner people is the mark of the Manchu Qing that the cynics who kneel and lick the Manchus cannot hide no matter how whitewashed they are. As long as the banner people come to Suzhou, as long as Suzhou is still under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are in power, then they must be properly maintained. It is absolutely not like the hundreds of thousands of Han refugees who are imprisoned outside Suzhou, most of the time they don't care whether they live or die, as long as they maintain a general peace.

The Manchus and Hans have never been a family. No matter how shameless the cynics are, they don't dare to openly talk about the Manchu family, because this is not to tout the Manchus, but to find their own hardships. None of the emperors sitting in the Forbidden City thought so.

The impact of millions of refugees on the Qing court in southern Jiangsu was absolutely huge, and Suzhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, and the essence of Jiangnan converged. This blessed land of heaven has been struggling to function under the onslaught of hundreds of thousands of displaced people.

The Fu Han army that retreated from the city of Suzhou only left one battalion in Changzhou, and the Qing army has not yet moved troops to defeat it to this day. As long as the Qing soldiers were killed under the city, the Fu Han army defending the city would definitely not fight hard there, but retreated to Danyang and held the south gate of Zhenjiang.

Chen Ming is now recruiting troops and horses in Nanjing, boatmen and sailors in the Jiangnan region, bankrupt peasants, unemployed handicraftsmen, and even some ruffians and hooligans, people from all walks of life, as long as they are willing to cut off their braids, they can become a member of the Fu Han army.

The strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is still there, Chen Ming's lone army really has no confidence to defend Nanjing, and he is not willing to be trapped in the lonely city, and fight to the death with waves of Qing troops pouring in, what he wants to do is to cause chaos in the entire south of the Yangtze River. And if you want to cause trouble in Jiangnan, the best way is, of course, to burn the flames of war to every inch of Jiangnan.

The prisoners of war captured in the team were also split and reorganized into volunteer battalions, as well as recruited recruits, and Chen Ming's team had more than a dozen battalion leaders like balloons. It's just that the battalion officers of these battalions are not even as good as the officers of the main force of the Han Army.

At the beginning of the Fu Han army's attack on Wuchang, a lot of YA films were captured one after another, and a lot of them were turned out in Nanjing. Along with these ya-pieces were reported to Chen Ming's hands, along with four foreigners, that is, foreigners, all Jesuits, who lived in Nanjing, and dealt with the dignitaries of Nanjing, in order to be able to formally preach in Nanjing. So far, though, the wish has not been fulfilled.

Chen Ming did not personally 'meet' the interest of these foreigners, but only asked the logistics side to come forward and chatter with this missionary, if these four missionaries could send a shipload of granulated gunpowder or sulfur and saltpeter to the Fu Han army, they would be good friends recognized by the Fu Han army. Of course, it is quite strange that Chen Ming can catch a few missionaries in Nanjing City, especially from their mouths, these missionaries have taken root in Hubei and Gucheng. This really shocked him a little, and it also made Chen Ming have to admire this group of missionaries in his heart.

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Outside the north gate of Changzhou, dozens of large cauldrons are set up on the humble stove, the fire is raging below, the pot is churning white porridge, and the crackling sound of wood crackling comes from under the pot from time to time.

And not far from this cauldron, a large wooden barrel that was washed and cleaned was placed on the ground, and behind the barrel stood a cook wearing white pants and white coats, wearing a white turban and a white mask. Yes, this man is a soldier, and he has a knife around his waist.

In the entire area of the pot and barrel area, there is a team of soldiers of the Fu Han Army wearing iron armor and holding knives and guns.

The Fu Han army in Changzhou is giving porridge and releasing grain, no matter whether these ordinary people who are surrounded outside will continue to go south to Suzhou after taking the grain and rice and eating their stomachs, the Fu Han army in Changzhou does not care about this. Their only task is to give soup and grain.

The Fu Han army, which captured Zhenjiang, Wuxi, Nanjing and other places, had too much food in their hands. Chen Ming felt that these things were useless, too many and too heavy, inconvenient to carry, and it was best to turn them into more meaningful things.

The battalion officer in charge of the head of the Changzhou battalion was Jiang Tianfang, and he was promoted again. Regarding Chen Ming's decision, Jiang Tianfang scoffed at first. Even if the Fu Han Army releases all the 12 million quintals of grain and rice on hand, how many hearts will it be able to exchange for Jiangnan?

Who is it that disturbs Jiangnan? Who is the person who broke the life of this million? It's the Fu Han Army. If there is no Fu Han army, they can live their own small life in peace and harmony, but they don't have to wait for the handouts of the Fu Han army here.

Jiang Tianfang felt that Chen Ming's decision would be empty after all. Of course, he wouldn't say this to outsiders. This is what he said in his heart, if others know about it, he will die.

But as the crowd going south slowly showed signs of returning north, he was silent as Jiang Tianfang learned what Suzhou City had done.

He suddenly remembered what Chen Ming had said: The common people are 'forgetful', and the common people are easy to succumb......

Isn't that what we're doing right now?

The Manchu government locked them outside the city and prevented them from entering the city. And what is outside the city? It's April, and there's nothing to eat in the paddy fields. When the old surnames returned to the city of Changzhou, Jiang Tianfang believed that those people were grateful to the Fu Han army. They may have forgotten that it was the Fu Han army that pushed them into the fire pit, and now they have only pulled a small number of them out of the fire pit.

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In the camp of the militia outside Hushu Pass, Wu Xiongguang seemed to be drunk, and the whole person walked lightly. Wu Xiongguang could feel the infinite brightness of his future because he had already entered the eyes of Lord Fantai.

Moreover, he has made meritorious contributions in the battle of defending Suzhou, and after this chaos subsides, it is possible that he will be directly awarded an official by the imperial court.

However, Wu Xiongguang must be admitted to Jinshi, because the identity of Jinshi is not only a qualification, but also a network.

The same department, the same list, this kind of relationship with classmates and fellow villagers, this is a very reliable connection in the officialdom.

He led the people to patrol during the day today, and when he encountered a looting of refugees in Wangting Town, he stepped forward to save the victims. I never thought that the victim was the flag man he thought was in great trouble, or a flag man with a lot of status, and then in the evening he received a letter of thanks from the political envoy.

The troubles in Wu Xiongguang's heart were swept away. Leave all your troubles behind, this is a letter from the political envoy, and although he Wu Xiongguang is known as Jiangnan Juncai, he is only 18 years old, with a mediocre background, and he is only a small person.

With the honor, fortunately even! (To be continued.) )