Under the influence of butterfly wings, the day when Yangzhou was breached was delayed until June 18 of the first year of Hongguang.

Shi Kefa, the model of Donglin, was deceived by a trick again, and the gates of Yangzhou were wide open, and the Manchu banner soldiers and new annexed troops swarmed in. Shi Kefa's loud voice had disappeared from the city, and thousands of Ming troops who had not surrendered were all martyred after the tragic street fighting, and under the instructions of the Manchu commander Duoduo, the Manchu army launched a terrible massacre inside and outside the city of Yangzhou.

There is no lack of controversy about the ten days in Yangzhou in historical records, but in this time and space, it is really shown once. In addition to the peak ten days, more than 600,000 people inside and outside Yangzhou died in plundering and massacre in a whole month.

On the Yangtze River defense line, another army of Duoduo had captured the Guazhou crossing, while the remnants of Huang Degong's army had to retreat to the south bank of Chang'an. But Huang Degong, who was fighting alone, did not know at this time, when he led his subordinates to fight and retreat in Guazhou, Zuo Liangyu's army from Wuchang to the east, after Zuo Liangyu's violent death, his son Zuo Mengeng had accepted the construction of his subordinates and surrendered to a small Manchu army that crossed the river.

Under the general trend, Zheng Zhilong, the great warlord of Fujian, who was not psychologically prepared for the front line of Jiangfang, lost the fighting spirit of the main forces under his command, and turned around and evacuated towards Zhejiang and Fujian, taking along the way with the rice and grain and property of the prefectures and counties along the way.

At this time, the city of Nanjing has become a pot of porridge, the painting boat of the Qinhuai River has stopped, and the dignitaries and nobles from all walks of life have either fled, or they are at home and working hard to write books or have a meeting, and the grand scene of the trees falling and scattering.

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In Zhaoqing Mansion in Guangdong Province in late July, it was the middle of summer.

In the Liangguang Governor's Palace, all the officials, large and small, were terrified, and letters from outside were constantly sent to the main hall, and the scene of merchants from all over the country visiting the meeting on weekdays was no longer gone.

In the main hall, Ding Chukui was walking back and forth with a pale face, perhaps angry, perhaps fearful. At this time, Ding Chukui's eyes were red, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

"A group of stubborn and stubborn people, who support the army and disobey the orders of the army, this governor will definitely take a copy and cure their crimes!"

The collective wage disturbance of the left and right two battalions in Guangzhou New Town, which is stationed in Shaozhou, has been going on for more than a month, and all kinds of good and bad talk have not worked, and even in recent days, it is said that the soldiers and horses in Shaozhou have begun to show signs of leaving the station.

That end has not stopped, and there is another mess in the Qiongzhou battalion here, and a group of low-level troops of the Qiongzhou battalion will refuse to transfer Gaozhou on the grounds that the court does not allocate money and grain. Not to mention the confrontation with the Guangzhou coastal defense battalion that had just arrived in Qiongzhou. He also "detained" his chief officer, Zhang Jianye.

How the third battalion of Guangdong New Town was established, Ding Chukui was clear after he took office. Without Zhao Youheng's shelf, how could the gentry in Guangzhou and Qiongzhou be stunned to pay for food again?

And who doesn't know what Ding Chukui's heart is for the Qiongzhou battalion, just a little rumor and rumors made a large group of Qiu Ba who were in Qiongzhou red-eyed. In addition, the young generals are all big businessmen or big landowners in Qiongzhou, and if Ding Chukui wants to touch his hands into Qiongzhou, it is tantamount to being a mortal enemy with these bloody Qiongzhou officers and soldiers.

Speaking of the Guangzhou Coastal Defense Battalion, the whole of Guangdong knows that these straw bales are simply decorations. The Guangzhou Coastal Defense Battalion, which has a quota of 1,000 people, had less than 400 people when it arrived in Qiongzhou. Facing thousands of officers and soldiers of the Qiongzhou battalion with loaded guns. The Guangzhou coastal defense battalion lost its confidence in an instant, and everyone did not dare to come out of the camp and shrank in the camp to be stupid.

"Lord Governor, something is wrong!" When Ding Chukui was still huffing and pointing fingers, a small official hurriedly walked into the main hall. Holding a document high in his hand, "There has been a civil unrest in Danzhou, Yazhou and other places in Qiongzhou Mansion, and the local government has been surrounded!" ”

"Bastard! Can you find out the truth?! Ding Chukui was startled, and sat down in the chair with his buttocks.

"It's not just the local Han people. Even raw and cooked Li is in trouble! It is said that the imperial court does not give a way to live......" The little official was frightened, and his hands were trembling holding the urgent paperwork.

"Diao Min, there is a king law in your eyes! Why doesn't the local government press quickly!? Ding Chukui was shocked and then furious.

"There are a lot of rumors. Most of them were instigated by local squires...... It is said that corrupt officials and traitors are in charge, and the people's hearts are indignant...... "The voice of the petty officials became smaller and quieter, and in the end it was inaudible.

Since ancient times, the old gentry have controlled the grassroots of society, and the official power does not go to the countryside, even in Qiongzhou, the most remote corner of the Ming Dynasty, the deep-rooted power of the local clan squire is not something that Ding Chukui, who is far away in Zhaoqing, can forcefully twist.

"Your Excellency! Something is wrong! "Before Ding Chukui could make a decision, another official crawled in with a rolling belt, his face extremely ugly, "Miyi military ships appeared in the sea off the Humen Waterway, and handed over the documents, saying that the people of Qiongzhou had damaged their equity investment and wanted to enter Qiongzhou to protect their property!" ”

"Ben Governor...... Ben Du ...... "Ding Chukui only felt that his throat was tight, and a stream of phlegm was stuck in his throat.

In the past few months, I have made a lot of money, but I never expected that so many bad things would suddenly pour out, as if they had all made an appointment.

"It is the duty to defend the territory, and order all the coastal defense and Japanese battalions to retreat, otherwise, otherwise this governor will report to the imperial court and severely punish ......"

Halfway through the words, Ding Chukui withered again, these two vast places, now except for the new town that is fighting against him, how can there be any combat power retreat?

Transferring Tusi wolf soldiers from all over Guangxi into Qiong? Not to mention whether there is money or food to send those Miao people, this kind of thinking has proved to be more out of control twenty years ago.

Looking at the piled up of letters and letters from the gentry of the two Guangxi gentry on the table in the past two months, Ding Chukui finally knew that he wanted to make a good fortune and then stammered the idea of entering the cabinet in Nanjing, but he completely angered the public because he confiscated his hand.

"Pacify well, be sure to appease ......" Ding Chukui had no tricks, so he could only sit on the chair and mutter.

To appease whom? How to appease? Ding Chukui probably didn't know it, and the officials under the hall looked at each other.

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At the moment when Ding Chukui was trembling like an ant on a hot pot, the Dandelion frigate belonging to the Huamei Asian Fleet was slowly cruising off the coast of Qianhusuo in Haikou in the north of Qiongshan County. From a distance, several naval guns on the frigate were pointed at the coast.

Looking at the gorgeous warships that were gradually approaching the coast, the officers and men of the Guangzhou coastal defense battalion, which had only been deployed in Qiongzhou for less than a month, did not dare to come out. The few old-fashioned guns erected in the Lingang Water Village outside the city were empty, and the few small warships shaped like sampans did not even untie the cables, and they did not have the courage to go to sea to block them.

And just one mile away, in front of the Qiongzhou battalion, where the Hainan guard was stationed, thousands of officers and soldiers of the Qiongzhou battalion were blowing their beards and glaring at the officials of Qiongzhou City who had come to persuade them.

The depths of the camp. Zhang Jianye was leisurely accompanying a few squires from Qiongshan County to eat and drink, a few men carried a mouthful of freshly roasted suckling pig into the big tent, and several large cans of sugarcane wine that had just been opened were piled up in the corner very exaggeratedly.

"Brother Zhang, even if you sell your brother a face! If Mi Yi enters the Kou and the people are in turmoil, and the court blames it, I can't escape the blame, brother, and you can't save face, brother......"

Zhou Qiao, the commander of the Guangzhou coastal defense battalion, laughed in a low voice under Zhang Jianye with a very bad face at this time, while several Qiongzhou battalion commanders or hundred commanders around him laughed loudly one by one.

"Hey, they're all locals. How do you make me good? Look at it, which of those Qiu Ba in the camp is still listening to me now? Why don't you work hard Lord Zhou and take the brothers of the coastal defense battalion to Danzhou, and the little brother here will help you watch? Zhang Jianye stopped at the wine bowl he was holding, and deliberately looked left and right, revealing a helpless wry smile.

"This year's harvest is poor, business is not good, and the people have no food, so they naturally have grievances. Let's talk about my family's hundreds of households. are a little restless, and I hope that Lord Zhou will send troops quickly to keep the hard work of the squires and elders in Qiongzhou! A Qiongzhou squire said coldly in the corner, obviously with a hint of hostility towards Zhou Qiao.

Zhou Qiao's face was already as red as a pig's liver. But the thought of the sight of thousands of hired workers and even Shengli rising up in a hurry shuddered.

"General, the general is not good, someone has broken into the camp!" is in the stall of Zhou Qiao's secret anger. Suddenly, a small soldier of the Qiongzhou battalion ran into outside the camp tent, and directly knelt down on one knee in front of Zhang Jianye.

"Didn't you see that I was drinking with Master Zhou? Who dares to break into the territory of my Qiongzhou camp and beat me out! Zhang Jianye's face darkened. He broke the wine bowl on the spot and scolded loudly.

"Okay, you Zhang Jianye and Zhang Guoping! Now that he is domineering, he ignores the responsibility of guarding the land, does not think about the life and death of the people, and spends all day and wine here! The old man saw the wrong eye back then! Why don't you beat the old man out and try it? ”

A familiar rebuke came from outside the tent, and then a green-shirted scribe in his fifties strode in with a few Qiongzhou squires with solemn expressions.

"Uh...... It turned out that the old man came, confessed, confessed! Why are you still stunned, why don't you give a salute to the boss! ”

Zhang Jianye was speechless for a moment, and hurriedly tidied up his clothes and armor and walked out of his seat and walked in front of Zhao Youheng, clasping his hands into fists and burying his body deeply. A few squires or Qiongzhou officers who were so drunk that they were also stunned, and quickly left their seats and bowed their heads to the side.

The person who came in was actually Zhao Youheng, the former governor of Guangdong, even if he was dismissed at home, he was also a former feudal official, a local family, and a famous Confucian!

"The people in the countryside are dissatisfied, and the small people in various places take advantage of the situation to make trouble, you and others are either squires, or court officials, it is not good to be appeased and pacified, but to laugh and laugh at wine and meat here, is it possible to be the one who has the wine bag and rice bag?"

Zhao Youheng looked angry, turned around with his hands behind his back, and his body was straight.

"Brother Zhao Xian doesn't have to be angry, now the people's grievances are difficult to eliminate, if you use swords in vain, I am afraid that the consequences will be even more unimaginable. I can only dissuade myself from all sides this time! ”

An old man who looked older than Zhao Youheng walked out from behind Zhao Youheng, looked at the banquet at the scene and sighed slightly.

"Master Xiao, when did you come too......

It didn't matter when he saw it, and then he was startled when he looked at Zhang Jianye again. The person who followed Zhao Youheng in front of him was actually Xiao Yifu, the former governor of Fujian.

Xiao Yifu is a native of Dongguan, Guangdong, a few years ago, he was the governor of Fujian, and was a good friend of Zhao Youheng when he served as a political envoy in Fujian.

Xiao Yifu is upright and generous, and he has a good reputation in Fujian. He presided over many times in history to crack down on the harassment of the border sea by Dutch armed merchants, and even funded the purchase of cannons when the Manchus invaded Guangdong, calling for the organization of the people in the countryside to resist the Manchus.

Not long after Zhao Youheng was transferred to the governor of Guangdong, Xiao Yifu also returned to his hometown and returned to Guangdong. Xiao Yifu now lives in Xin'an County, and is quite impressed by Zhao Youheng's local governing ability, and often gets together with Zhao Youheng to talk about poetry and endowment, even if Zhao Youheng is dismissed, he still believes in Zhao Youheng's personality.

This time, Xiao Yifu and Zhao Youheng, two highly respected former court officials, hurriedly appeared in the Qiongzhou camp at the same time, which shows what the civil unrest in Qiongzhou has reached.

"Guoping, this time the people's hearts are turbulent, as an official of the imperial court, you must also put the people of Qiongzhou in your heart. It's better to go quickly to calm the hearts of the people, don't let down the old man's hard work back then......"

Seeing that the other party's attitude was extremely humble, Zhao Youheng's anger also disappeared by half, and he could only say some painless words.

"The two bosses are running around like this, and the lower officials are really ashamed. The second elder rested in the camp, and the lower officials immediately sent people to various places to appease the people, and they would not hurt the township. ”

Zhang Jianye nodded again and again like a child, and at the same time tried his best to give his subordinates a look. There was another burst of chickens and dogs, and the people in the tent walked away in an instant.

Zhou Qiao saw it in his eyes from beginning to end, and when the others were almost gone, he walked up to the two old men with a smile on his face and nodded: "It's still the two bosses who are worried about the country and the people!" If there is a subordinate who can do it, he will definitely not shirk. ”

"Hmph, the Guangzhou Coastal Defense Battalion is still taking care of Qiongzhou Coastal Defense, if the foreign Yi goes ashore to make trouble, how long can your head hang?!" Zhao Youheng didn't speak, but Xiao Yifu's face collapsed, and he scolded the waste wood in front of him.

"Yes, yes, the next official will arrange it!" Zhou Qiao's face was not ordinary, and he nodded again and again like a chicken pecking rice.

The camp tent was empty, and only Zhao Youheng and Xiao Yifu were left.

"Let Brother Xiao smile, although in recent years, there has been a lot of business and business exchanges between the two countries, but this Qiongzhou people's industry is not easy to come by, and it is impossible to fight for a moment, and it has broken the people's net worth...... Although Zhao was at home, he couldn't bear to suffer the people of Qiongzhou at this time. Zhao plans to go to various places in person to persuade the squires and the people, I wonder if Xiao Lao can go along? Zhao Youheng turned around and sighed at Xiao Yifu.

"Ding Chukui is indecent, and he will be impeached this time. Brother Zhao remembered his father in Qiongzhou, and it was the right time to come forward, so he still didn't want to be angry. However, when it comes to the Namiyi Gentiles, it is necessary to deal with them carefully. ”

Xiao Yifu smiled faintly, as if he had long expected the intention of Zhao Youheng to invite him to come to the Qiongzhou camp today to "discuss the law".

Zhao Youheng's face was slightly red, knowing that today's incident would definitely not be hidden from his old friend's sharp eyes.

Participating in a drama that is not deliberately made is probably the result of Zhao Youheng's difficult psychological struggle. Whether it is the Qiongzhou squire or the Qiongzhou battalion general, they have long been forcing themselves to come forward to lead a group of sub-interest groups and Ding Chukui to the top of the tank, and there is a great posture that the Jiangnan gentry were connected to the Wanli Emperor back then.

In which direction he was going, Zhao Youheng himself was a little unsure, but he could feel that it was indeed time for the Ming Dynasty to change. (To be continued......)

PS: Khan died, and the tragic extraordinaire was a chapter earlier. The fourth bullet of the zài sense of brushing!

Cry out again in a miserable way: I don't have a manuscript left, stop changing! I'm not very good at talking, and if there's anything offended, you're going to beat me?!