This is today's fourth watch, and a change was added before to celebrate the birth of the alliance leader, and there will be a change in the evening

At the same time that the news of the change in Sanyuanli in Guangzhou reached Kowloon, Zhu Jishi and Zuo Zongtang were in the Far Eastern Plaza Hotel in Hong Kong to set up a wine to pick up the wind and wash the dust.

"Ming Gong, the Manchu general of Guangzhou, Mu Teen, has already set off for Kowloon." A brocade guard walked into the dining room and respectfully handed over a piece of paper.

Hearing the news, Lu Peifang, who was talking to Zhu Jishi in a low voice about the situation in Guangzhou officialdom, suddenly remembered something, patted his thigh and said, "Ah, I forgot about Lin Muweng, I can't let him go back to Guangzhou City!" Otherwise, with his prestige, quelling the chaos is just a few words! With that, he stood up.

Zuo Zongtang, who was sitting opposite him, was still shaking his fan, looking light-hearted, "It's okay, Lin Muweng can't go back to Guangzhou, and Duke Ming has already asked Sir Davis to go to the Western-style Yamen in Kowloon to negotiate with Lin Zexu to pay customs duties with silver dollars." ”

At present, the silver dollar has long been in circulation in the Qing Dynasty, and both the government and the people like this currency of the same size and specifications. It is also easy to trade, unlike silver, which has to be cut with scissors and weighed by a nickname. However, the customs of the Manchu Qing Dynasty only recognized Kuping silver, which brought great inconvenience and exchange costs to foreign merchants engaged in import and export trade. Therefore, Zhu Jishi, who is the president of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (half of the business in Hong Kong is his, and he is the person with the highest title among all foreign businessmen, and the president of the Chamber of Commerce is naturally him), recently made a request to Governor Davis on behalf of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and asked him to negotiate on his behalf.

Actually, such things. It is not uncommon in the West where businessmen have a high status, if Hong Kong is going to establish a Legislative Council now. Zhu Jishi is definitely a legislator. However, in Lu Peifang's opinion, Zhu Jishi can still drive the governor of Hong Kong. This supernatural power is really a little unbelievable.

"Ming Gong, can this Sir Davis really keep Mu Weng?" Lu Peifang is still not sure.

"No problem." Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard and smiled, "Although Mu Weng can do anything, he is not a fool...... Otherwise, he would not be able to be a governor. He is now the world-renowned leader of Shilin, and if he can still level the changes of tens of thousands of brave groups in one word, this prestige will almost surpass that of Emperor Laozi. ”

"It would be nice if this Mu Weng could take refuge in us......" Zhu Jishi gently turned the wine glass in his hand and said tentatively.

"Loyal Ministers...... Lin Muweng will not turn his back on Ming. Zuo Zongtang shook his head and said, "But he won't be embarrassed by Ming Gong, Mu Weng is a smart person." can see the general trend of the world clearly, and it is already clear that Mingxing is weak. Moreover, the Manchu Qing Dynasty also avoided medicine and medicine, and only knew how to reuse the banner people to prevent the Han people. After this Sanyuanli change, Emperor Daoguang should issue an order to abolish the regimental training in various places, and the Manchu and Han Dynasty will inevitably become more and more centrifuged, and then Mu Weng's heart will be even colder, and sooner or later he will return to Fuzhou to live in seclusion. ”

"Really won't be on the side of the Qing Dynasty?"

Zuo Zongtang shook his head and said with a smile: "The Houguan Lin family is a big family. It's in Fujian again, I'm afraid it will soon be our territory...... Mu Weng retreated bravely in the torrent is a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, and protecting the Lin family is a filial son, loyal and filial piety. Isn't that it? ”

Indeed, with Lin Zexu, the world-renowned Shilin leader, as a big tree, the future of the Lin family's children in Daming will not be much worse. Moreover, Zhu Jishi proposed "middle school-oriented." Western learning for use" is more in line with the interests of Han scholars than "Eight Banners as the foundation". He Lin Daqingliu is for the sake of promoting the way of Confucius and Mencius, and there is no need to fight with Zhu Jishi - the current Zhu Jishi. After all, it's not the second son of God, Hong Xiuquan, he is the queen of Zhu Ming, and he wants to do Hongwu's deeds.

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At this moment, in the Sanyuan Temple outside Sanyuanli Village in the northern suburbs of Guangzhou, it is full of people. Basically, they are all Qing peasants, and there are a few who are wearing long robes, like squires, and look back at the temple from time to time. A few strong men dressed as coolies were moving boxes down from several carriages, and each one was opened in public, and it was full of silver and glittering ocean money!

Lu Siyuan walked out with the other two young masters surnamed Wang and He, as well as Wei Shaoguang and Wei Erye, and what came out behind him was a one-eyed strong man with a hideous face, it was Zheng Hong, the Marquis of Yanping. He is now dressed as a monk, but he has two imitation Colt pistols produced by the British Jason-Churchill factory stuck in his waist, and the quality of the products in the British arsenal is very good compared to the foreign guns produced by Lan Fang Xing (which is composed of Zhu Jishi's industry in Lan Fang). Now the officers of the Jishi Army and the spies of the Jinyi Guard are equipped with this short gun, and the light cavalry of the proposed Jishi Army will also be equipped with Colt pistols.

Although the mastermind of this civil uprising in Sanyuan was Lu Siyuan, it was Zheng Hong, Lanfang's naval minister, who was actually in charge of command. The young master of the Wang family and the He family, he also ordered Jinyiwei to be arrested and used as a puppet. Here are the three families of Lu, Wang, and He in Sanyuan, if only the Lu family comes forward, the appeal is not enough.

In addition, the Sanyuanli Rebellion was, in the final analysis, a popular uprising rather than an anti-Qing uprising. Although Zhu Jishi used organizations such as Daming Mountain, Guangyi Hall, and Xiaodao Society to hype up anti-Qing and Ming restoration in Guangdong. However, it did not reach the point where it could be followed by ordinary peasants, who were not like gangs of lumpenproletarians. The difficulty of launching a peasant uprising is actually very high, and it is impossible for Zhu Jishi, a big capitalist, to sacrifice the agrarian revolutionary policy of the GCD of later generations -- what Zhu Jishi is doing now is, after all, a bourgeois revolution!

"Folks! The second master Wang (who was actually kidnapped by Jinyiwei) who went to the Guangzhou Mansion to petition on behalf of us has now been beheaded by the Guangzhou general! ”

Lu Siyuan waved his fist, with a painful expression on his face, and spoke loudly.

Hearing that the second master of the Wang family had been killed, the crowd buzzed again, and suddenly someone took the lead and shouted, "The officials are forcing the people to rebel!" The government forced the people to rebel! They don't give us a way to live, there is no way to live! ”

"Fight with them, we can't let them take away our land!"

"You can't pay those harsh taxes either!"

"These Manchu dogs won't let us live, and we won't let them live! Let them see the power of the heroes in Sanyuan! ”

Oh, yes! Killed 5 Britons and wounded 23 others, which is extremely powerful!

It must be known that in the records of the British, in the battle when Guan Tianpei Guan was martyred in Humen, the warriors of the Guangdong Navy Division of the Qing Dynasty only wounded 5 British...... Well, the peasants around Sanyuanli seem to be able to fight more than the Daqing Green Camp! Therefore, the people in the Sanyuanli area are not talented and the officials of the Qing Dynasty dare not pay all kinds of apportionments and miscellaneous donations.

Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Lu Siyuan's voice was even louder, "The villagers are right! Those dog officials in Guangzhou City don't want to think about who defeated the British and kept Guangzhou City in Daoguang's 21st year! It's not their Eight Banners, it's the people of 103 townships around us in Sanyuanli! Without us, Guangzhou is now the world of the English people, where do they still have the current glory and wealth? However, instead of knowing how to be grateful, these dog officials want to intensify their exploitation of us, increase the number of assignments and levies, and in addition to the regular field endowments, there are several times the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes! What did their Holy Ancestor Emperor say? Never give! Is this a fart? Is he Daoguang a descendant of Emperor Kangxi? If it is Kangxi's descendants, how can we collect so many taxes from those of us who have contributed to the country?

Not only do we have to collect so many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but we also have to enclose our fertile land to give to the Eight Banners! This is the way to kill us...... This is to sell our sons and daughters, and to starve us to death! ”

Inclammatory words and rumors immediately aroused the greatest response -- of course, not all rumors, and the burden that has been pressed on the peasants of Guangdong in the past few years is indeed heavy! If it weren't for the peasants in the Sanyuanli area who did not pay additional contributions, assessments, and coastal defense donations, this life would have been unbearable for a long time. Everyone knows about such a thing, and I thought that this kind of bad luck would not fall on me, but who would have thought that it would be doubled now. Seeing that the still happy and comfortable life was about to go forever, the blood of these peasants who had been proud of themselves for a while in the Opium War was finally stimulated.

A vigorous popular uprising has also been successfully instigated! (To be continued......)