Chapter 366: The Great Family That Fell Blood Mold [1 Update]
With the rebels entering the city, the North City Gate has completely fallen, and a large number of Ningwang rebels have poured into the city of Nanjing, unless someone leads the army to suddenly turn the tide at this time.
It's a pity that in Nanjing City, people's hearts are complicated, even if Xu Li, the Duke of Wei, has made all his efforts, he still has not been able to defend Nanjing City, the core place in the south of the Yangtze River.
Just after Xu Pengju brought back the news that the North City Gate had been breached, Xu Li had already left Nanjing City with the core personnel of Wei Guogong's lineage.
With the huge connections of the Xu family in Nanjing City, in fact, as early as when King Ning raised his army, Xu Li, the Duke of Wei, made several preparations.
It's just that the preparation of Chengpo to escape from Nanjing City is obviously the last thing Xu Li wants to see.
After all, the Xu family has been entrenched in Nanjing City for so many years, it can be said that they really treat Nanjing City as their own nest to operate, and there may be other officials who hope that King Ning can enter the city, but from the position of the Xu family, even if it is not for the sake of being today, the Xu family, the Duke of Wei, is absolutely unwilling to see King Ning enter the city.
After all, the current situation in Nanjing City is the most beneficial to their Xu family, this situation has been stabilized after dozens of hundreds of years, as long as there is no chaos in Nanjing City, then no one can endanger their Wei Guogong's transcendent position and huge interests in Nanjing City.
Once King Ning entered Nanjing City, it can be said that the one who suffered the most damage was the Xu family of Wei Guogong.
The Xu family occupies a huge interest in Nanjing City, and after King Ning enters Nanjing City, then the entire Nanjing City will inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes, and the interests of the Xu family will inevitably be damaged at that time.
Even if their Xu family chooses to belong to King Ning, it will definitely not change the result of the loss of interests.
It is precisely because of this that Xu Li, the old fox, chose to stand up and choose to purge some officials who colluded with King Ning, hoping to stabilize the situation in Nanjing.
It's a pity that Xu Li is too unpredictable, although he said that he won some officials, but there are still many gentry and magnates in this city who chose King Ning.
Even if there is no rebellion of the deputy general, this Nanjing City will not be able to hold on for a long time, and sooner or later it will be taken by King Ning.
Of course, the premise is that Chu Yi will not arrive in advance, if Chu Yi arrives in Nanjing City in advance, then with Chu Yi's means and deterrence, Nanjing City will definitely be impregnable at that time, and even King Ning's 100,000 troops will not want to capture Nanjing City.
Fan Heng had already been prepared, except for his henchman Li Ying, the other eunuchs Fan Heng did not bring any of them, the two of them changed their clothes, that is, Li Ying carried a small package, at first glance, no one could recognize Fan Heng as the eunuch left behind in Nanjing City.
The rebels entered the city, and the most feared thing of the people in the city happened.
These soldiers under the command of King Ning are not regular troops, and they dare not say that they are all corrupt military discipline, but it is obviously difficult to expect these soldiers to restrain themselves in the face of the prosperous city of Nanjing.
I don't know who started first, but the many soldiers who poured into the city began to loot everywhere.
The city of Nanjing is prosperous, and there are many powerful and gentry families in the city, many of whom can't help but be overjoyed when they see King Ning's rebels entering the city.
Obviously, King Ning is in Nanjing City, and in the eyes of many gentry and magnates, he is definitely much more reliable than today.
Everywhere there were shouts of killing, and many people's homes were smashed open by the wolf-like rebel soldiers, and then rushed up to burn and loot.
In this way, it was a hardship for the people in the city, and many people's families either did not dare to resist when they saw their family property being robbed, or they were cut down and killed by the rebels on the spot under the desperate resistance.
A group of rebel soldiers was gathering in front of a large courtyard at this moment, the gate was closed, and only looking at the rich and magnificent mansion, the fool knew that the owner of this mansion must be a powerful and wealthy gentry.
The first general looked at the compound in front of him and couldn't help but have his eyes shining, and he couldn't wait to rush up immediately, how much oil and water can be looted to rob those ordinary people's homes, but if it is for these wealthy families, not much, only need to rob so one or two to be worth robbing thousands of people.
Wang Yidao was a bandit before joining King Ning's command, and after joining King Ning's command, with his ruthlessness, he climbed to the position of captain in King Ning's rebels, and commanded nearly a thousand people.
At this time, Wang Yidao looked at the mansion in front of him, and his heart was about to move.
Beside him, an adjutant general instigated: "General, this is a big family, at least the family has a lot of money, let's rush in and keep the brothers eating one by one." ”
In the Xu Mansion, Xu Mingzheng high-fived and exclaimed with joy: "Okay, good, it's really an eye-opener, King Ning is really the son of heaven, and my Xu family is really right to choose to support King Ning!" ”
The faces of several core members of the Xu family were also full of joy.
Their Xu family also has at least a dozen shops and restaurants in Nanjing City, and if the tax is increased according to Chu Yi's request, then their family will have to pay at least thousands or even nearly 10,000 taels of taxes every year.
Since their Xu family began to make a fortune, their Xu family has never paid any commercial taxes and silver, and now all of a sudden, they are actually asked to pay taxes, isn't this cutting their flesh and letting their blood?
If you don't agree, you can't even say yes even if you die! If you want to raise taxes, then step over their corpses.
It can be said that there are not too many thinkers like the Xu family in a prosperous commercial place in the south of the Yangtze River.
A rush of footsteps approached, and Xu Ming, who was excited about King Ning's entry into the city, couldn't help but look up, and saw the head of the nursing home with a panicked look.
"Xu Li, why are you so flustered?"
As the head of the Xu family's nursing home, Xu Li has been in the Xu family for nearly ten years, and it can be said that he has already integrated into the Xu family. ”
Xu Ming's expression couldn't help but change when he heard this, and his face showed a little consternation: "How is it possible, can you see clearly, what is the origin of those soldiers?" Could it be that the army in the city could not be defeated? ”
If it is said that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were defeated and became a chaotic army, plundering in the city, then Xu Ming can also understand.
Xu Li shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Master, those people are obviously the soldiers under King Ning!" ”
"This is impossible, our Xu family vigorously supports King Ning, and even secretly sent thousands of stones of food and some ordnance to King Ning, how can the soldiers and horses under King Ning be unfavorable to our Xu family!"
While speaking, Xu Ming walked out of the living room quickly and said, "Come with me and meet the other party for a while!" ”
Wang Yidao's eyes flowed with greed, and he waved his big hand and said, "Brothers, rush for me!" ”
Behind Wang Yidao, the rebel soldiers, who had already been impatient, suddenly let out a howl when their eyes lit up when they heard this, and they only rushed towards the Xu family.
The gate of the Xu family may be able to block some ordinary people, but for these soldiers, it was just a few hits that knocked the gate open.
Hundreds of rebel soldiers rushed out.
Xu Ming, who had just walked out of the living room, heard a burst of cheers from outside the door before he walked to the door, and then saw the door shake several times, and with a bang, the door collapsed. A group of soldiers poured into the courtyard.
Wang Yidao's gaze fell on Xu Li's face, who had a look of horror.
Xu Li was dressed in silk and satin, his face was ruddy, he was wearing a foreign hat, his face was full of shock and anger, and when he saw Wang Yidao and the others, he couldn't care about any fear in his heart, so he immediately pointed at Wang Yidao and shouted: "Do you know that our Xu family has long been submissive to His Royal Highness King Ning, and you don't want to quit me quickly!" ”
Wang Yidao frowned and looked at Xu Li.
To tell the truth, Wang Yidao really didn't expect to rob a big family casually, and the other party had already taken refuge in King Ning, and suddenly Wang Yidao hesitated.
The adjutant general standing next to Wang Yidao whispered into Wang Yidao's ear and said: "General, since you have offended the other party, then you will not do anything, directly slaughter this Xu family, and then plant the blame on the rout of the imperial court, on the one hand, to avoid future troubles, and on the other hand, let the brothers vent well......"
Although the lieutenant's voice was not high, Xu Li still heard it clearly, and suddenly his eyes widened and his face was full of horror, and he said in a trembling voice: "You guys...... You ......"
Wang Yidao's eyes narrowed, the long knife in his hand slashed at Xu Li, and shouted in his mouth: "Sons, kill me!" ”
Even if Xu Li, who was the leader of the nursing home, reacted, but in the end, he was just an ordinary leader of the nursing home, where was the opponent of the crazy rebels, and in the blink of an eye, the Xu family suffered a military disaster.
These rebels burned, killed, looted, and even committed adultery in the Xu family, and in less than a stick of incense, the originally orderly Xu family fell into chaos.
There are definitely not a few powerful and wealthy families like the Xu family, and some of them rely on their own family members to block the chaotic army, but most of them are directly doomed.
The chaos in the city naturally spread to King Ning as soon as possible.
King Ning did not rush into the city, after all, Nanjing City had just been taken not long ago, and there were even imperial army in the city that had not been completely wiped out, and for the sake of safety, King Ning still stayed outside the city.
In the big tent, King Ning and the others couldn't help frowning when they heard the news from the herald in the city.
King Ning waved his hand to signal the herald to retreat, and then coughed lightly and looked at everyone: "What do you think about this?" ”
A civil official stepped forward and said: "Please also ask Your Highness to immediately order to stop the wanton looting of the army in the city, you must know that this Nanjing City may be the capital of His Highness in the future, if you connive at the army to loot everywhere, I am afraid that the people's hearts will be greatly lost, and the most important thing is that Your Highness is very likely to lose the support of the powerful and gentry in Jiangnan!" ”
King Ning's eyes shrank, and he subconsciously looked at Yang Tinghe, Liu Yangzheng, and Li Shishi.
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