Wu Liuqi?

Zuo Qing was stunned: Although this person is a good general, he is a gratifying person, can the governor poach him?

However, seeing that Li Shutai was very happy, and intended to use Wu Liuqi, a good future, to support the field of the green camp in Guangdong, Zuo Qing did not disappoint him, so he echoed: "Wu Liuqi can be civil and martial, and the second division of water and land under his command is brave and good at fighting. ”

Hearing this, Li Shutai nodded, and said with a look of relief: "When it comes to the matter of the forbidden sea, I have to say that Wu Liuqi has a long-term vision and has come up with a good way. The policy of banning the sea is really to the point, not only will there be no more troubles for the people under the rule, but also put an end to the Zheng family's idea of dyeing Chaoshan, and has made great contributions to the stability of northern Guangdong. As the governor of Liangguang, this official has such a capable person under his rule, how can he not ask the court for merit. ”

Although Hong Shiming is the son of Hong Chengchou, he has been studying at home, and later served in the Ministry of Rites, so he does not understand the war in various places, and he is a little puzzled by what Li Shutai said about the forbidden sea, and I don't know what kind of person this Wu Liuqi is, let alone what the forbidden sea is, how to ban the sea, and what are the benefits after the ban on the sea. His face was very blank.

Zuo Qing reciprocated the favor, grateful to him for explaining the affairs of the Eight Great Families for himself before, so he smiled and said to him: "My Chaoshan region in Guangdong borders the territory of the Zheng family in Fujian, and it is also the land of fish and rice, so the Zheng family has always looked at Chaoshan and wants to occupy Chaoshan as a source of food. In the Chaoshan area, many people were concerned with the Zheng people, or they reported to them, or provided food and salary for them, and the officials and soldiers were absolutely forbidden to do so. Wu Liuqicai, the chief soldier of Chaozhou, suggested to the imperial court that the so-called forbidden sea is to set up a boundary stone by the sea, and the government clearly issued an example that anyone who crossed the boundary stone would be killed. At the same time, the officers and soldiers repeatedly pulled nets on both sides of the boundary stone to search and arrest, and the officers and men of the naval division patrolled the coastal areas day and night. As a result, the seaside was uninhabited, and Zheng's ship had no food and grass supply for the people on the shore after docking, and there was no guide. Naturally, it was impossible to go deeper, but the officials and soldiers could hear the news immediately, and Zheng Jun could only return in vain several times. ”

"For it is so forbidden to the sea. This is a good way to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle, not only to strengthen the place, but also to isolate the enemy's army, killing two birds with one stone. Wonderful. Wonderful! ”

After hearing this, Hong Shiming also admired Wu Liuqi's method of forbidding the sea, but he didn't know how many words Hongqing had said but he couldn't explain Wu Liuqi's merits thoroughly, and he didn't know how many lives were whimpering on the stone tablet behind the forbidden sea

After proposing to the Qing court to ban the sea, Wu Liuqi took the ban on the sea as a top priority, and he sent his Qing army to patrol the coast day and night to hunt down and kill fishermen who were forced to venture out to sea for their livelihoods, lest he could not exterminate his poor Guangdong compatriots. At the same time, the stone signs he set up on the seashore are also airtight, with one every other mile.

Wu Liuqi gave strict orders to the Qing army under his command. Anyone who crosses the line one step of the Han people, no matter who the other party is. There is no need to report it, the Qing army must immediately kill them on the spot, and if the Qing army is soft, they will be guilty of the same crime as the fishermen who crossed the border.

In the early days of the sea ban, the Qing army sometimes accepted bribes, and sometimes opened the net to female fishermen and children, after all, many of the green battalion soldiers were Chaoshan people, and they could not kill their old countrymen. However, after Wu Liuqi's order that the army and the people were guilty of the same crime was issued, the Qing army no longer dared to show mercy to his subordinates, and the previous accommodation disappeared.

After the Han people were moved to the mainland, because of the lack of food and clothing, many people had to risk killing their heads secretly to the sea in order to fill their stomachs, and they were all killed by the Qing army. When the man died, the women looked at the hungry and screaming child, but had no food to feed, so they had to retrace the path of their dead husband. As a result, tens of thousands of Chaoshan women were killed by the Qing army on the seashore like their husbands, and the women's heads were placed on the boundary stones and strung with wire to deter the poor Han people who wanted to go to sea.

Wu Liuqi began to ban the sea in September last year, and now the blockade line in the coastal area of Chaoshan is densely packed, with blood dripping and more white bones and skeletons, and any fresh human heads will soon be eaten clean by birds and beasts. Those weathered white bones Wu Liuqi did not let anyone take them, they were still placed there, and every night, they could see the glowing fires on the boundary stone, like ghost fire

While admiring Wu Liuqi's strategy of forbidding the sea, Hong Shiming became interested in the good general in the mouth of the governor of Liangguang, and he asked Zuo Qingdao: "But I don't know where this General Wu is?" ”

After Zuo Qing took a bite of the dish, he raised his head and said casually: "I am also from Chaoshan." ”

"Hmm"

The corners of Hong Shiming's mouth twitched, he took a breath of cold air, and secretly wondered how Wu Liuqi could be so ruthless to the people in his hometown?

I also think that this person is ruthless but can be called a hero, the so-called troubled times use heavy codes, and only this kind of person can shake the place, which is in line with the concept of governing the country, the people and the army advocated by his father.

"Your Excellency the Governor, Wu Liuqi's Chaozhou Commander-in-Chief was promoted by the King of Pingnan to the imperial court, and he has always been the only King of Pingnan. When the adults selected the battalions from all over the country to build the superintendent, Wu Liuqi refused to hand over a soldier, and the king of Pingnan ordered that he first sent 500 soldiers, and then he dedicated his subordinates to the water division. The adults are praising him here, but they are afraid that he is thinking about how to please the king of the south in Chaozhou. ”

It was Wang Huacheng, the garrison of the Lianzhou Green Battalion, who said this, and his words immediately resonated with several other military attachés of the Green Battalion, all saying that Wu Liuqi was a snob, and he might not be willing to be used by the governor.

Zuo Qing originally had this thought, if Li Shutai had stayed in Guangzhou, he would have been able to subdue Wu Liuqi with his identity as the governor of Liangguang, but now there is a rumor in Beijing that he wants to change someone else to be the governor, this rumor is still happy to know, how can he be willing to give up Wu Liuqi for Li Shutai to drive, and he Wu Liuqi himself is also willing to take refuge in this governor who is about to leave?

"Humph!"

Li Shutai listened to the quarrel of the generals, snorted, and said: "He Wu Liuqi is an official of the Qing Dynasty, not an official who is still gratifying!" After a pause, he confidently said to everyone: "It's not difficult to transfer Wu Liuqi, the emperor will definitely not refuse, so let's send someone to Chaozhou to send a letter to Wu Liuqi, as long as he can come to Guangzhou, I will try my best to ensure that he is the governor of Guangdong, and let his green battalion soldiers fill ten battalions." So he will come to my aid. (To be continued.) )