Episode 172 Dealing with hooligans

The official of the Northern Qing Dynasty said without changing his face and without a beating heart, "The hundreds of people that Xiang Xiaoqiang and Zheng Yuxuan saw this afternoon are more than 6,000 people.

The officials accompanying the Beiqing Dynasty present all nodded their heads in confirmation, with calm expressions and calm expressions, as if they were confirming the simple common sense that one plus one equals two.

Zheng Yuxuan and Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at each other, and it was difficult to understand for a while, whether they were abnormal or they were abnormal.

Zheng Yuxuan first hesitated, approached and whispered to Xiaoqiang:

"Xiaoqiang...... Could it be...... We didn't see it all in one afternoon? Could it be that we really ...... Wrong count? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang frowned and said:

"Just kidding, if there was a difference between 600 and 1,000, we could have counted wrong, and now it's 600 and 6,000! Ten times the difference, how can it be wrong? …… Besides, there are only a few dozen barracks we see? If you think about it, 6,000 people are all crammed into these dozens of barracks, so at least one barracks must live in one or two hundred people! You see, this kind of small barracks is so big, not to mention that they show us that there are only ten people, even if they are all crammed, one is at most twenty or thirty people! That adds up to a few hundred people at most, and it can't reach a thousand! ”

Listening to what Xiang Xiaoqiang said, Zheng Yuxuan also felt that it was very reasonable, but she looked at the calm expressions of the Northern Qing officials in front of her, and still wondered:

"But...... They don't look like they're lying...... With so many people, it's unlikely that they will lie together, right? And if it's a lie, it's a lie...... Can you fool someone? They're not idiots. ”

"Of course they're not idiots," Xiang Xiaoqiang sneered, "that's why they have to pretend to be idiots." This is their basic skill. If this basic skill is not met, they will not be able to climb to the position they are today. ”

Then Xiang Xiaoqiang said coldly to these Northern Qing officials:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't care what your purpose is for you to insist that a few hundred is six thousand, or what instructions you have received, or what pressure or hardship you have, I don't care! If you're in a big madhouse, then I'm sorry, you've mistaken someone, I'm not from your house! The county lord and I were the special envoys of the Ming Dynasty for negotiations, and on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, we came to check whether the lives, personalities, and other rights stipulated in international conventions were guaranteed for our 6,312 prisoners of war. I don't have the patience to play with you to refer to the deer as a horse, and I don't care if you say that one plus one equals three. Anyway, what we're seeing now is only a few hundred people!

"I don't know if you know the "Lushun Treaty" of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and do you know how much our Ming Dynasty promised you Northern Qing in order to pick up our 6,312 officers and soldiers! I tell you, it's okay for you to be abnormal, but if you think that people all over the world are as abnormal as you, or that others will accompany you and are abnormal, then you are completely abnormal! When I signed the treaty with your emperor in Lushun, he was normal, so that's fine!

"Don't think that the county lord and I came to your Beiqing alone, just to send meat to the chopping board, so you can play as you please! Don't think that if you pinch our 6,000 prisoners of war, you can play the entire Ming Dynasty of our 100 million people casually! …… Your emperor's own brother is still in Nanjing, so you don't know about it? Well? Surprised, isn't it? …… If one of the 6,312 Ming army brothers and I and the county lord can't go back to the Ming Dynasty, all of you will have to fall to the ground and be buried for your emperor's own brother!

"Now let me ask again, where are the rest of our brethren? Is this *** a few hundred or six thousand? ”

……

After Xiang Xiaoqiang finished his cruel words, the scene fell into a dead silence. All the Northern Qing officials, officers, guards, and Ming prisoners of war present were shocked.

More than 6,000 Ming prisoners of war were about to be sent back to the Southern Ming Dynasty, as the Northern Qing officials and prisoners of war present knew. However, as Xiang Xiaoqiang said, not to mention the prisoners of war, even the officials of the Northern Qing Dynasty basically did not know why the prisoners of war were sent back to Nanming. There were two or three relatively high-ranking officials of the Northern Qing Dynasty present, and they vaguely heard that the Qing Dynasty had signed a "Lushun Treaty", but they also did not know anything about the specific contents.

As for Xiang Xiaoqiang's last "your emperor's own brother is still in Nanjing", absolutely no one knows. This sentence is tantamount to a bombshell, which exploded in the hearts of these Northern Qing officials.

There is an even more terrifying sentence "If one of the 6,312 Ming army brothers and I and the county lord can't go back to the Ming Dynasty, all of you will have to fall to the ground and be buried with your emperor's own brother", which made these people feel cold behind them.

Although these officials of the Northern Qing Dynasty lie all the time, they instinctively believe that what Xiang Xiaoqiang said must be true. Because they don't believe their words anymore, but they greedily hold on to every breath of fresh air that comes from outside, believing it 100%.

Xiang Xiaoqiang said cruel words, Zheng Yuxuan listened to the extreme psychological enjoyment, at this time his chin was raised higher, and he stood up to the shelf of the county lord of Daming, and looked at the group of Northern Qing officials in front of him.

In the cold eyes of the two, several of the highest-ranking officials whispered to each other, and then one of the highest-ranking civil officials left in a hurry.

Xiang Xiaoqiang and Zheng Yuxuan glanced at each other, and they both understood that he had gone to ask for instructions.

Zheng Yuxuan snorted coldly, and didn't care about those Northern Qing officials, and said:

"Xiang-sama!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang immediately said:

"The end will be."

"Let's go, let's take a look!"

“？”

Zheng Yuxuan turned around coldly, and whispered when he passed by Xiang Xiaoqiang's side:

"We'll find a chance to ask ourselves."

……

However, a large group of officials, officers, and guards of the Northern Qing Dynasty did not give them such an opportunity at all, and followed the two of them every step of the way, no matter where they went and talked to any of the prisoners of war, they were surrounded by officers and guards who were eyeing each other, and for nearly an hour, the two did not have the slightest opportunity to talk to the prisoners of war alone.

Zheng Yuxuan couldn't stand this, turned around and glared, and scolded angrily:

"What do you want to do? Is it not okay for me to talk to our own brothers? ”

A Northern Qing official replied lukewarmly:

"County Lord, this is in the land of our Great Qing Dynasty, we naturally go wherever we want."

"Oh? Go wherever you want? Zheng Yuxuan for tat and mocked, "Have you done the road?" ”

Another official stepped forward and said:

"County Lord, General Xiang...... It's also for your own good, for your safety......"

"Oh, ha, thank you!"

At this moment, the official who had left to ask his superiors came and waved his hand to stop everyone, and then said with a big grin:

"Alright, alright...... County Lord, General Xiang, what do you mean by the number of prisoners of war that you have been pestering? ”

This time Xiang Xiaoqiang was also angry, and said angrily:

"The number of entanglements? Are we pestering the number of people or are you pestering people? Are there hundreds or 6,000 people here, and who is talking nonsense with their eyes open? ”

The official said solemnly:

"General Xiang, please be a little more self-contained, don't open your mouth to scold people when you're young...... We told you a long time ago that there could be no more than 6,000 people in such a large camp, only a few hundred people, and if you want to see other prisoners of war, we will ask the emperor to arrange it for you as appropriate...... Who knew that you were blindly messing around, but instead slandered so many of us Qing officials, and even said the words 'referring to the deer as the horse'...... Everyone is a person who has read books, and we should know that the word 'faithfulness' is the fundamental ...... of character."

Zheng Yuxuan was so angry that he couldn't speak:

"Hey! You...... You...... In front of so many people, don't you even blink an eyelid? ”

The officer smiled, looked left and right, and asked:

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all witnesses, did we just say that there are only a few hundred prisoners of war here?"

Subordinate officers and officers immediately scrambled to say:

"Of course!"

"Xiaguan really listened to it!"

"There are only a few hundred of them here!"

"County Lord, this is your fault......"

"General Xiang, don't be afraid to make mistakes, but have the courage to admit ......"

"There are so many of us, it is difficult for us to lie together......"

"That is, we will arrange for you to meet other prisoners of war...... But don't mess around......"

Zheng Yuxuan was so angry that he almost fainted, pointed at them, and said in a trembling voice:

"You ...... You ......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang said in a deep voice:

"County Lord!!"

Zheng Yuxuan looked at him with a pale face, and was about to cry angrily.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was calm and relaxed at this time. He said lightly:

"County Lord, they are a bunch of hooligans. If you understand this, you don't need to be angry. ”

Zheng Yuxuan was still puffing up, and asked Xiaoqiang to the Northern Qing officials in front of him:

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, we won't dwell on ...... Since you say it's just some of the prisoners of war, where are the others? ”

The official of the Northern Qing Dynasty led by him said coldly:

"Not scheduled for today. If you want to see it, we will slowly invite the emperor. The emperor has issued an order, and we dare to arrange it below. Otherwise, you can't afford to eat sin! ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and said:

"Arrangement? What is arranged? ”

"What else could it be? You have also seen with your own eyes what is the life of your prisoners of war...... Of course, the only thing to arrange is security. This is all for the safety of the two, as you said, our emperor's royal brother is still detained by you in Nanjing and will not be returned, if your safety has three long and two short, then the heads of our people are really going to land! ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled:

"Well, in that case, you can always tell where the rest of the prisoners of war are, right?"

The official rolled his eyes:

"I can't."

"Why?"

"This is my Qing secret!"

Zheng Yuxuan said sarcastically:

"You have too many secrets in the Qing Dynasty, right? What kind of meal did we eat at noon, is it also a secret? ”

The official of the Northern Qing Dynasty sneered and said:

"It depends! When it's confidential, it's confidential! ”

However, after hearing that they changed their words and admitted that there were more than 6,000 prisoners of war, Xiang Xiaoqiang's heart was a little more relaxed. Some of the original terrible thoughts have also passed away. He directly suspected that the "superior" that the official had just asked for instructions might be Guangwu himself. It's just a mine labor camp, and there is certainly no direct phone to Chengde Mountain Resort, but there must be a phone. In that way, you can also transfer to the summer resort.

He confirmed:

"This lord, Xiang X has no other meaning, but just wants to confirm whether the remaining 5,000 prisoners of war in our army are in good condition in terms of their lives and health?"

"Of course it's intact!"

"Okay, then we'll see in two days. …… However, the county lord and I still want to visit the mines of Chifeng Copper Mine to see who works in them...... I wonder if it can be approved? ”

The officer smiled mockingly:

"Yes! But it's the same, it's a matter of the safety of the two, we can't be the master, if you want the emperor to play! After the emperor's approval, we dared to make arrangements at a later date, and then we would take the two of us to visit at a later date......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang said coldly:

"How long will it take?"

"Hmph, that's not what we can do, Lord! If it's fast, it's ten days and half a month, and if it's slow, it's possible to do it in a year and a half! ”

"I'm your mother."

"What?"

"Your mother."