Chapter 40: The Confusion of the Two Wides
Guan Yuanzhong, the general of Guangzhou, sat on a chair in the living room with a tired face, his eyes a little hollow.
The current chaos in Guangdong is extremely chaotic, his heart is about to be broken, and some measures have been taken, but unfortunately the chaos has not subsided, but has intensified.
"Master, the master is here!" The housekeeper Laifu hurriedly came to Guan Yuanzhong's side and whispered in his ear
"Oh, come with me!" Guan Yuanzhong rubbed his eyes, sat up from the chair hurriedly, and was about to greet the eldest man.
"Haha, you don't have to greet my old man!"
Before Guan Yuanzhong crossed the threshold, he saw a kind old man walking towards him with a cane, the old man was nearly ninety years old, with white eyebrows and white beard, and a smile on his face full of age spots, there was indifference and calmness in that smile, Guan Yuanzhong felt that his exhaustion was swept away as soon as he saw his smile.
"Big brother, why are you here?" Guan Yuanzhong hurriedly hugged the old man, and there was still some complaint in his tone, as if he was very worried about the old man's body.
"Haha, the weather is good today, I'm just going to take a stroll and come over to see you by the way!"
The old man was helped into the living room by Guan Yuanzhong, and after the old man sat down, he still looked at Guan Yuanzhong with a smile, as if he was waiting for him to say something.
From the old man's walking posture and calm smile, it can be seen that he is not an ordinary person, and it is true, he is a big traitor who is not weaker than Zhao Liangdong, and the former Jiangnan Admiral is loyal.
Laifu was very eye-catching, knowing that the two masters had something to say, so he left after serving tea and pouring water.
Seeing the eldest brother staring at him, Guan Yuanzhong sighed and said, "It was the shrew who told the eldest brother, right?" Originally, Yuan Zhong just wanted his eldest brother to live in his old age and no longer worry about state affairs, but he didn't expect the shrew to tell his eldest brother, and Yuan Zhong was worried about his eldest brother again! ”
Guan Xiaozhong is eighty-five years old this year, Guan Yuanzhong is only sixty years old this year, the age difference between the two is twenty-five years, they are brothers, but the relationship is better than that of father and son, Guan Yuanzhong's parents died when he was two or three years old, and it all depends on his brother Guan Xiaozhong to pull up.
When Guan Xiaozhong was the governor of Jiangning, he broke Zheng Chenggong's army with a delaying tactic and made great achievements for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but later after Zheng Chenggong was defeated in Taiwan, the Manchu Qing dismissed him from his post and investigated him for the reason that he had fled after his defeat in the previous battle with Zheng Chenggong.
Xin Zheku was specifically engaged in the chore of the Ouchi or the prince's mansion, and he was sent to the palace of Prince Kei to clean the roads.
Of course, the Qing court also remembered his merits, otherwise his younger brother Guan Yuanzhong would not have become a general in Guangzhou.
After Guan Yuanzhong became the general of Guangzhou, he took his eldest brother back to the mansion to enjoy the blessings, Guan Xiaozhong was punished during the Shunzhi period, and it was decades before the Manchu authorities would not hold on to the pigtails.
"Alas, at present, Zhang Reverse wantonly slaughtered officials in Liangguang, which made people panic and unsettled, and even some officials didn't even want to be officials, so they ran back to their hometowns for refuge! But Zhang Shun and martial arts are strong, it is simply rare in the world, I sent a large army to surround it, he fled, I sent a team to arrest, he will be killed by him, in just seven days, the number of officers and soldiers who died at his hands has reached more than 3,000 people! Guan Yuanzhong said with a look of horror on his face.
After that, he sighed again, sat back in his chair and said, "I have sent the news of the death of the thirteenth elder brother to the capital as soon as possible, and it is estimated that in a few days, the emperor's holy decree should arrive, and I don't know what to do with me!" ”
Guan Xiaozhong listened carefully to the narration of the first brother, and when he heard Zhang Yong's killing, he frowned, but when he heard the holy decree to deal with him, he looked calm.
After listening to this, he first closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes after a while, and chuckled: "It doesn't matter if the matter of the Holy Decree is irrelevant, at most it is just to be demoted and retained, and then severely reprimanded, and punished with some money!" It's hard to deal with that Yongzhang reversal! ”
Guan Yuanzhong was a little puzzled, feeling that the eldest brother had put the cart before the horse, Zhang Yi Zaiqiang was just one person, but the emperor's decree could make people lose all their rights in an instant, and life was worse than death!
Guan Xiaozhong shook his head, and said in his heart that the second brother was still almost hot! He said: "Can the Qing Dynasty win the world by relying on invincible Manchurian soldiers?" ”
Guan Yuanzhong first nodded, and then shook his head in denial.
Guan Xiaozhong suddenly retracted his smile, and said solemnly: "Manchuria can win the world, not by those Manchurian soldiers, but by us Hanchen, behind our Hanchen there are gentry all over the world, without gentry and the eight emperors, what can the Qing Dynasty take to win the world, does it really rely on those Manchurian soldiers?" ”
Speaking of the Manchurian soldiers, Guan Xiaozhong smiled contemptuously and said: "After the Manchurian soldiers entered the customs, their combat effectiveness plummeted. Now there are still a few princes in Manchuria who can fight, and it is not relying on us Han people, as long as we do not rebel and are loyal to be slaves, the emperor will not want our lives! As for Lao Zhao, it was unlucky, the thirteenth master died in his mansion, and he was in a catastrophe! ”
Hearing the eldest brother's explanation, Guan Yuanzhong suddenly opened up, it turned out that being a slave also has such a great knowledge!
"Bang bang bang...... Powerful, powerful, being a traitor can make such a deep routine, worthy of being the former Admiral of Jiangning! ”
As soon as the housekeeper's words fell, he saw a young man standing in front of the door stroking his palms and laughing.
"Come on, catch the assassins." Guan Yuanzhong was shocked, and immediately shouted loudly, wanting to call the guards for help.
The young man sneered, "Hehe, it's useless, your guards have already been taken care of by me!" ”
"You are Zhang Yong!" Compared with Guan Yuanzhong, Guan Xiaozhong looked calm and calm.
That young man is naturally Chen Hao, he has been running between Guangxi and Guangxi for the past few days, killing dozens of officials, and today he is specially here to kill Guan Yuanzhong, the general of Guangzhou, and he never thought that Guan Zhizhong This old traitor is also there, it can really be regarded as an unexpected joy!
After he killed Yinxiang that day, he left the Zhao Mansion, and then he was afraid that killing Yinxiang alone would not be enough to attract all the attention of the Qing court, so he came up with the idea of causing chaos in Liangguang, and wanted to mess up Liangguang as quickly as possible, killing traitor officials everywhere is the best way, and Chen Hao is also taking this road.
"So what, what if it wasn't?" Chen Hao asked rhetorically.
"Alas! Oh, yes! No, what can it be, anyway, they are here to kill my two brothers! Guan Xiaozhong laughed at himself.
"Big brother!" Guan Yuanzhong was very frightened, and quickly hid behind his eldest brother, he knew that the eldest brother was also an invincible fierce general when he was young.
"Haha, our two brothers are old and frail, and since they are not Your Excellency's opponents, we won't work hard for Your Excellency!" Guan Xiaozhong said, stretched out his hand and pulled out a long sword from the crutch, hiding the sword in the crutch to defend himself, this old man really has some means.
"Poof!"
The long sword pierced through Guan Yuanzhong's heart, he rolled his eyes, and then fell to the ground, he thought that the eldest brother would fight with Chen Hao, and he never imagined that the eldest brother would attack him.
Looking at his younger brother's corpse, Guan Xiaozhong sighed and said, "The eldest brother is already old, and how much strength can be left!" We can end our lives ourselves, we can still earn an unyielding reputation, and our descendants can still be taken care of by the imperial court, if we die in the hands of others, it is worthless! ”
Chen Hao really admires this old man, how can he die, he can calculate, it's really amazing! But Chen Hao won't let him get his wish!