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August 25, 1847, Guangzhou.

The city of Guangzhou is now under martial law, and there are few pedestrians on the bustling streets, and most of the shops are open, but business is light. Although this first important town in Tiannan fell into the hands of Zhu Ming without blood, it does not mean that the pro-Qing Shili who resisted Zhu Ming's restoration did not exist.

As Zuo Zongtang said, "The Manchu Qing Dynasty regarded the Han people as evil servants, and they were strictly guarded everywhere, like waiting for thieves!" And the son of the Han people, reading the books of sages and talking about ethics, still treats the Manchus as a monarch, and does not know how to wake up. Therefore, most of the scholars in Guangzhou City, whether in the court or in the opposition, respected Zhu Jishi's Ming Dynasty. There are even fewer Manchu officials who follow Ye Mingchen, a second minister, to surrender to Mingming, but there are a few nerds who can't think of hanging themselves in the government and throwing themselves into the water to be loyal ministers. But it's more of a game of evaporation, and I don't know where to go.

According to the reports of Liu Peng, Ye Mingchen, Lu Siyuan, He Zhenglong, and other Ming officials, at present, almost all the Manchu Qing officials in Guangzhou are empty, including the Guangdong political envoy, the Guangdong envoy, the Guangdong Xuezheng, the Guangdong Provincial Imperial History, the Guangzhou prefect, the Nanhai prefect, the Panyu magistrate, and other officials, most of whom are missing. They were accompanied by a large number of alternates and the local gentry of Guangzhou. Since Guangzhou was the residence of the governor of Liangguang and the governor of Guangdong, there were a large number of "alternate civil officials", who were actually officials from the donation class. It is not an exaggeration to say that "there are many officials like crucian carp", and the red tops of the flowers are all over the city, and the total number is only as many as one or two thousand people. These people plus their retinue of guards. The number of people is even more than tens of thousands, and most of them are now hiding in the city of Guangzhou before they have time to escape, which is a lurking factor of instability.

Of course, the alternate officials of Guangdong origin were not included, because the Qing Dynasty regulations did not allow locals to be local officials (civil officials). Under the leadership of the Thirteen Banks, most of them cut their braids and pledged their allegiance to the Ming Dynasty -- and there was no way not to be loyal, and most of the money of those big merchants was deposited in HSBC!

The family members of Cantonese officials who served as officials in other provinces were the most resolute opponents of the restoration of the Zhu Ming Dynasty. Most of these people owned large tracts of fertile land in various parts of Guangdong, and were considered to be the top figures of the gentry class. After the chaos in Guangdong. Most of them moved from the countryside to their houses in Guangzhou to avoid chaos. Unexpectedly, this Guangzhou City was actually the first city in Guangdong to fall into the hands of Zhu Ming, and it was also a "bloodless city", so these people were all trapped in Guangzhou City and couldn't leave - because Ye Mingchen, the big traitor, didn't let them leave the city.

At Ye Mingchen's suggestion, the eighteen city gates in the inner and outer cities of Guangzhou and the various wharves in Nanguan. All of them were sent to guard posts by the Ming army. All men. Whoever wants to pass through these eighteen gates must cut off his braids! And without braids. When you reach a place that is still controlled by the Qing army, you will be caught and beheaded as a thief against the Ming Dynasty! Even if you go to some rural areas that are already in a power vacuum, and you don't even have braids, are you embarrassed to claim to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty and call on the villagers to rise up to protect the Qing Dynasty and rebel against the Ming?

Therefore, most of the people who oppose Zhu Jishi most in Guangdong are now locked up within the walls of Guangzhou City! Naturally, martial law will be implemented in the city of Guangzhou, otherwise who can guarantee that there will be no "armed uprising against the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty"!

Zhu Jishi, Zuo Zongtang, Su Yuniang, and others, escorted by more than 5,000 Ming officers and soldiers, also arrived at Nanguan in Guangzhou from the front line of the Dongjiang River by water. The structure of the city in Guangzhou is very unique, divided into three layers from south to north, the most southernmost of which is the Nanguan area, also called the chicken wing city, but there are city walls on three sides, the south is the Pearl River, a slip is the wharf warehouse, there is no city wall protection, it is the most prosperous business district and port area in Guangzhou. The people who live in this area, in addition to the wealthy merchants led by the thirteen merchants, are coolies or craftsmen who mix rice on the dock, and most of them are brothers of the Hong family, who have a good impression of Zhu Jishi's Daming. Therefore, it is the most lax martial law and the relatively prosperous area in the market.

The thirteen business owners headed by Wu Shaorong and Pan Shicheng and the wealthy merchants outside the merchants waited for the arrival of the Ming king Zhu Jishi at the Tianzi pier in Nanguan early in the morning, together with the Ming officials in Guangzhou. He also invited a lion dance team from several martial arts halls in Guangzhou to perform to add to the fun. He also took out money to organize a group of merchants to follow the streets leading to the Taiping Gate, braving the torrential rain, pots and pulp to eat, in order to welcome the king.

The officers and men of the Ming army lined up on both sides of the street, carrying smoothbore guns with bayonets on them to maintain order. In order to show the majesty of the Son of Heaven, Zhu Jishi did not choose to ride in a carriage, but rode an Arab horse, wearing a cloak and hat (rubber rain gear has long been popular in Europe, but Zhu Jishi's Ming army is not equipped for the time being), under the escort of Su Yuniang and a group of brocade guards, he held his head high and headed towards the Taiping Gate leading to the northern city of Guangzhou.

"Your Majesty, there are still many righteous people who support the Ming Dynasty in the Nanguan area of Guangzhou, and they have long looked south to the king. However, entering the Taiping Gate is the gathering place of the original Manchu officials, and there are still many stubborn people there, so the vigilance is also a lot stricter, and the market is also a little depressed. ”

The one who spoke was Ye Mingchen, the former governor of Guangdong, who had just been named the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Ming Dynasty by Zhu Jishi. However, Guangzhou City is still under his management for the time being, because Lu Siyuan, the prefect of Guangzhou appointed by Zhu Jishi, does not know how to manage such a large city, so he can only give Ye Mingchen a hand first.

"Your Majesty, you should kill all of them!" Su Yuniang, who was following Zhu Jishi's side, raised her eyebrows and waved her hand to make a murderous gesture.

"Strategist, what do you think?" Zhu Jishi turned his head and asked Zuo Zongtang.

"Let's expel them all," Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard with a smile, "If we kill these people, this Guang Lao'er will have some usable Hanchen." If these people are sent to the north, hehe, can Daoguang Lao'er feed them as flag men? ”

"What do you mean?"

Zuo Zongtang sneered: "If you give up your family business and are thousands of miles alike, you should be loyal enough, right?" If Daoguang is not raised, how many people will be lost? The hearts of the Han officials of the Manchu Dynasty are not cold? If you want to raise it thickly, hehe, there is another group of idle meals. If you want to use it...... It's hard to guarantee that there are no of us among these people! ”

There are 20,000 or 30,000 people in the alternate officials in Guangzhou plus the families of Cantonese officials. All went to the north empty-handed, did Daoguang raise or not? To use or not to use? That's a big problem! If you count Zhu Ming's occupation of Guangdong, as well as these loyal servants who fled or were expelled in the process of occupying Fujian, Guangxi, Hunan, and Jiangxi in the future, there should be tens of thousands. How can Emperor Daoguang afford to raise and use it? But if you don't care about it and let them be poor, this Manchu Dynasty will not lose the hearts of Han doctors?

"That's it!" Zhu Jishi nodded with satisfaction, turned his head to Ye Mingchen and said, "Kunchen, you and Lu Siyuan have arranged for this matter to post notices inside and outside the eighteen gates of Guangzhou City, allowing the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to leave Guangdong and go north, and the French merchant ships will transport them to Shanghai. Each person is only allowed to carry one baggage, and the silver carried shall not exceed 10 taels, and the gold shall not exceed 1 tael. He paused, and then said to Su Yuniang, "Yuniang, you organize a group of soldiers and female disciples of the Heaven and Earth Society (that is, female hooligans) to participate in the expulsion operation and be responsible for the body search!" ”

Of course, Zhu Jishi is not not a way out for these people, as long as they cut their braids and obediently obey the people of the Ming Dynasty, their property can still be kept, and there is still the possibility of going out to the Ming court in the future. Where to go from here depends on their own choices.

While speaking, Zhu Jishi and his entourage have entered the north city of Guangzhou, which is the so-called old city, and the "full city" where the banner people live is in the northwest corner of the north city. Now the bannermen of Guangzhou have run away, and the entire area has been taken over by the Ming army. And Zhu Jishi's temporary palace is also located in this area, which is the original Guangzhou General's Mansion. Zhu Jishi's family and attendants had already taken a boat to Guangzhou in advance and stayed in the temporary palace. Each of the thirteen lines also sent some reliable people into the palace to serve, and the furniture in the palace was also "honored" by each of the thirteen lines, which was extremely exquisite. In addition, Wu Shaorong, the head of the Thirteen Lines, also raised a question that made Zhu Jishi a little laughable at the dust-washing banquet held in the palace - the establishment of the Internal Affairs Office. (To be continued......)