"No matter how many hands and feet you use in this matter, how can you deceive the world? ... There are a lot of people in Suzhou who know the truth of the matter, is it possible that you want to kill them all? ... If you don't kill it, the truth of the matter will eventually get out, and in that case, won't you shoot yourself in the foot? Who will believe you in the future? ”

Jiang Guozhu looked at Zhou Shixiang in disbelief, this thief Xiucai is really whimsical, so red. Bare. The naked person reverses black and white, pointing to the deer as a horse, does he think that he can really turn a stone into gold, and what he says is what he says?

It must be known that when the matter of allegiance suddenly spreads, those Han officials and generals who served in the Qing court will be chilled, disappointed in the emperor, and shaken in their hearts, so that they will be passive in wartime, and even turn against them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 But once the truth of the matter is known, then these people will probably be more loyal to the Qing court. If you vote for a thief, you will not only not get any benefits, but also lose your life, how stupid does this person have to be to choose to surrender?

For those Han officials and colleagues, others are not clear, can Jiang Guozhu not know?

The Han officials and generals under the rule of the Qing court, which were not speculated by the former Ming Dynasty, they only cared about reaping benefits when they were officials in the Ming Dynasty, and they voted to the Qing Dynasty because the Ming Dynasty was not good, but the Qing Dynasty treated them very favorably, and they not only had no worries about their lives, but also continued to reap benefits, so they surrendered one by one. Now, although the Qing Dynasty has lost, it still owns half of the northern country, so even if those Han officials have the heart to join the Ming Dynasty, they are still waiting. The so-called don't scatter eagles if you don't see rabbits, but let them know that not only are there no rabbits here, but there is a poisonous snake here, and those Han officials will vote for you when their brains are burned!

It's too much to take for granted, and it's too young to have no experience in dealing with things, so it's me, even if I want to break my word and kill someone, there are always some means, where can I be so hasty and hasty, and ruin my reputation.

Jiang Guozhu shook his head secretly, he didn't know how such a reckless thief Xiucai got to where he is today.

Killing and surrendering will do more harm than good!

Jiang Guozhu thought that the other party would be annoyed and angry, and he didn't want Zhou Shixiang to listen to his words, but he thought it was true: "I think it's also the case, so the beginning and end of this matter have to fall on you, Governor Jiang."

"Me?"

Jiang Guozhu was slightly stunned, what does this matter to me.

Zhou Shixiang looked at him with a smile: "With your Governor Jiang's help, there is naturally no flaw in this matter." ”

Jiang Guozhu understood what Zhou Shixiang wanted him to do as soon as he heard it, and he shook his head categorically: "If you want me to descend to you, it's impossible!" ”

Zhou Shixiang was surprised and said: "Fulin wants Liang Huafeng to arrest you, what are you still obsessed with him?" ”

"The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die!" Jiang Guozhu's tone was unmistakable.

Hearing this, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help laughing: "In that case, why did you and Guan Xiaozhong shrink in this Suzhou City and sit and watch Liang Huafeng's army defeated?" ... If you don't want to die, you can surrender the military power with Guan Loyalty, and capture it with your hands tied, how can you support the army and respect yourself? ... Say a thousand things and ten thousand, you still don't want to die, so you don't have to pretend in front of me. ”

There is a black forehead on the side, Jiang Guozhu is not so thick-skinned, he and Guan Xiaozhong really don't want to be arrested, so they shrank in Suzhou and look forward to Liang Huafeng's death. But he was too embarrassed to admit that this was the truth, so he didn't squeak, and his face was cloudy. The forehead was still drooping, and I didn't know if I was regretting something or worrying about something.

"Jiang Guozhu, you really want to be loyal to the Qing court and die for the Qing court, and Ben Shuai can't say anything. Everyone has their own ambitions, but Fu Lin not only wants Liang Huafeng to arrest you and dismiss you, but also to send you and your loyal family members into slavery under the coat. What is the fate of being a slave under this coat, you are born in the Han Army with a white flag, I'm afraid you know better than me. ”

Zhou Shixiang did not intimidate Jiang Guozhu, because this is a fact, and Shunzhi's secret decree is clearly written.

Jiang Guozhu's expression moved after hearing this, and a cold breath gushed out from the bottom of his heart. Sent to be a slave under the coat, the end is more miserable than the destruction of the family. Not only have women become the tools of the Eight Banners to vent, but men are also slaves from generation to generation, and they will never be able to turn over.

Jiang Guozhu was afraid, it didn't matter if he died himself, but he really wanted his children and grandchildren to be slaves on his behalf, and his wife, concubines, daughters-in-law, and daughters-in-law were ruined like Sister Qinglou, which was really more terrible than killing him.

But Jiang Guozhu still refused to surrender, he smiled bitterly, and simply said to Zhou Shixiang: "I am descending to you, and my wife and children are still inevitably enslaved, in this case, why don't I be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty!" ”

Zhou Shixiang shook his head and said, "Do you think that if you become a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, Fulin will be able to feel your loyalty and spare your wife and children?" Then you are too naïve, to tell you the truth, Fulin has ordered the raid of the mansions of Lang Tingzuo and Shuo Erhui, and his wife and daughter are all enslaved. Lang Tingzuo was captured by me as a governor, and Fu Lin copied his house, but Shuo Erhui was killed in battle, and his family was also sent to the king as a slave, you say, your wife and daughter will end up better than Lang Tingzuo and Shuo Erhui's family? Will you be more important than they are in the heart of Fulin? ”

After Jiang Guozhu heard this, he seemed to want to refute something, but finally sighed and did not squeak. The heart of the young son of heaven, he also knows it to some extent. I'm afraid that if he really dies and dies, he won't be able to change the tragic fate of his wife and daughter.

Zhou Shixiang said slowly: "Jiang Guozhu, this commander persuaded you to surrender to give you a chance." You must know that if you do not surrender, you will die, and your wife and children will be slaves, and your children and grandchildren will not be turned over. Descend to me, but I will make you the governor, and there will always be a time when your Jiang family will turn over in the future... To descend or not to descend, it is always a matter of your thoughts, and Ben Shuai still has a lot of things to do, you think about it carefully. ”

After Jiang Guozhu heard this, his body trembled, and his waist drooped down a lot.

Zhou Shixiang wanted Jiang Guozhu to surrender, in addition to managing the matter of allegiance, this person must be the first and the last, and the Jiangnan area also needs this person to come forward to stabilize, and more importantly, he needs Jiang Guozhu's knife.

Although Jiang Guozhu was born in the Han army, he was a civilian official, and he governed quite well as the governor of Jiangning. However, even so, Zhou Shixiang did not have a strong desire to subdue this person, and the fundamental reason why he wanted Jiang Guozhu to surrender was that he saw an official document on Jiang Guozhu in the public residence of Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang.

The general meaning of this official document is that because of the continuous use of troops in recent years, the Qing court's treasury could not make ends meet, so it implemented a more severe urging in the Jiangnan region than the Ming Dynasty. The officials who have been recruited are all scored with 10 points, and those who do not fall enough will be punished. However, the gentry and heroes of Jiangnan still relied on their former power to communicate with the government, bribed scribes, and concealed and defaulted on money and grain, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars. Seeing that the collection was unfavorable, Jiang Guozhu suggested to Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang, that the privileges of the gentry be reduced, under the pretext that these people resisted the grain and built the prison, and violently subdued the landlords in Jiangnan, so that all the money and grain in Jiangnan could be collected.

Jiang Guozhu said in the official document that as soon as the prison was raised, it would be a case of cancellation. Those who owe food, regardless of whether they are big bureaucrats or not, and do not care how much they owe, the registered gentry are deposed according to their names, show talents, raise people, and enter the scholars, and those who have not finished the money and food are all removed from their meritorious origins; The incumbent official will be downgraded by two levels.

When Zhou Shiyuan saw this official document from time to time, he concluded that if this case was implemented, the Jiangnan landlord Haoqiang would inevitably suffer a heavy blow, and at the same time, he also saw the merit of Jiang Guozhu, that is, to use this person to deal with the Jiangnan gentry Haoqiang, so as to avoid provoking this body on his head.

In the past, there were many people who regained their sight among the gentry in Jiangnan, and before the Taiping army took Jiangnan, these people were a force worth winning over and relying on, but in Suzhou, the interests of both sides were no longer the same.

The fundamental appeal of the Jiangnan gentry against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty was to be like the Ming Dynasty, not to pay food or taxes; What Zhou Shixiang wanted to implement in Jiangnan was to merge villages and set up townships, and the imperial power would go to the countryside, and the gentry and clan privileges would never be allowed to exist, let alone allow them not to pay taxes, money and grain, so it is foreseeable that in the near future, the relationship between the Taiping Army and the Jiangnan gentry may be incompatible.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhou Shixiang would rather break his promise and kill Zheng Sanwan and other generals, if these people are not eliminated, they are likely to become the target of the Jiangnan gentry and become the henchmen of the Taiping army. (To be continued.) )