lied to Kangxi

Chapter 383 Who controls the ups and downs?

Pan Zongluo was not on guard at all, he would be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for punishment.

Therefore, Pan Zongluo's family members and treasures are still in the backyard of the governor's office.

The imperial court decreed that Pan Zongluo was arrested, mainly because of his ineffective command of the battle, which led to increasingly rampant banditry.

In the decree, there is no intention to steal the house.

Yuzhu didn't want to embarrass the officials and family members, so he ordered people to close the gates of the governor's front office and the backyard, and then sat in the office.

The governor's yamen should have been the former yamen and the back house.

It's just that Pan Zongluo's family members can't move for a while, and they can't drive them away too much.

Without Yuzhu's orders, Zhou Quan, in the name of the governor, took Yuzhu's name card and went to see the chief minister Wanyanlu.

Wan Yanlu heard that Governor Yu's family has no place to stay tonight, how can it be worth it?
This Wan Yanlu has been in Changsha for four years, and he basically knows the situation of rich people in Changsha.

Therefore, under Wanyanlu's active coordination, Cuiyuan, the other courtyard of the largest tea merchant in the area, became Yuzhu's temporary residence.

After Zhou Quan finished the matter and returned to the governor's office, Yu Zhu knew that he had gone out to handle this matter.

It is Zhou Quan's job to check for omissions and make up for omissions, and to plan ahead.

beyond reproach!

Zhou Quan, as the mastermind next to Yuzhu, he dare not even make decisions about trivial matters, so what is he called a confidant?
So, Cao Chun, Qingwen and Hongmei were escorted by Zhou Quan and went to Cuiyuan for the time being.

The top priority in Hunan is to suppress bandits.

However, the bandits in Xiangxi are suppressing more and more.Up to now, there is a tendency to spread.

In addition to the story of the two kitchen knives, as well as the influence of TV dramas such as "Xiangxi Bandit Suppression", Yuzhu is no stranger to the banditry in Xiangxi.

The so-called Xiangxi region generally refers to the western counties of Yuanzhou Prefecture (Huaihua), Chenzhou Prefecture (Yuanling), Baoqing Prefecture (Shaoyang), Yongding (Zhangjiajie) and Jingzhou (including Huitong and Jingxian) in the south of Lizhou. and Tongdao three counties), and the five Zhili halls in the southwest.

The entire Pianyuan Province, so far, only governs seven prefectures and two prefectures, but four prefectures are infested with bandits. One can imagine how bad the situation is?
However, although the bandit-infested area is large, the population is not large, at most a million people.

According to Kangxi, Fenghuangting, Sangzhi County and other places in the west of Pianyuan have a history of more than 300 years since the pre-Ming Dynasty and have continued to the present.

The reason for correcting it is, in fact, mainly the result of chieftains from various places dissatisfied with the imperial court.

The chieftains surrendered to the imperial court in name, but in fact, they were not only the local emperors, but also supported the bandits in the mountains in private.

Yuzhu remembered very clearly that Kangxi sighed at that time: "This is the way to support the bandits to respect themselves."

When the banditry became serious, and the imperial court wanted to suppress it, it had to mobilize the chieftain's soldiers and horses, and it had to give money, food and territory.

When the chieftain ran out of money and spent money, banditry rose again, and so on.

Kangxi also knew the seriousness of the banditry in western Hunan. He asked Yuzhu for five years of minor governance and ten years of major governance.

It must be admitted that Kangxi was a shrewd military strategist and statesman with a unique vision.

Translating the words of the old emperor is actually an ancient version of three parts military and seven parts politics!
Ten years of rule?

Hey, this is not in the fundamental interests of Yu Zhu.

If the banditry hasn't been quelled for ten years, how can Yuzhu get involved with Kowloon to seize the heir?

However, one thing is very clear, even Kangxi has made a conclusion that it is impossible to extinguish the banditry in western Hunan by relying on the green battalion soldiers in Hunan.

Meals always have to be eaten one bite at a time. Yuzhu came with the new army and artillery, and did not need to rely on the green battalion soldiers from Hunan.

According to the bad customs in the officialdom, the seven days after the new governor took office belonged to the time to deal with personal affairs, neither seeing guests nor working.

However, Yuzhu was not in a hurry, but Erente was so anxious that smoke came out of his throat.

The township soldiers are not ordinary soldiers and horses, but the best soldiers among the best soldiers, the strongest army among the best soldiers.

As the saying goes, troublesome people come out of poor mountains and bad waters.

When the township soldiers fought, they were all brave and fearless. Even in the pre-Ming period, they were among the best tiger and wolf soldiers in the country.

It's a pity that the chief soldier of Zhendui Town has been drinking blood for a long time, and the exploitation is too severe, which provoked a mutiny.

Today, the chaotic Zhendui soldiers not only detained the Zhendui town general, but also arrogantly clamored to let the court carry money to redeem people.

Zhou Quan took the name card that Erlente handed in, and said to Yuzhu with a smile, "Dong Weng, Erlunte is probably red-eyed, can't wait seven days?"

Ever since he left the capital, Zhou Quan was afraid that he might have missed something, so he no longer called Lord Yuzhu, but Dong Weng instead.

Yuzhu smiled faintly and said, "Hey, Erente is really on fire."

"Dong Weng, from the student's point of view, why don't you let him hang out for an hour first?" Zhou Quan lightly shook his folding fan and made a very reasonable suggestion.

The admiral is anxious to death, what is there to be anxious about Yuzhu?

Banditry is not unique today, it has existed for hundreds, even thousands of years.

Moreover, if Yuzhu did not come to Hunan, the banditry in western Hunan would probably continue to exist for hundreds of years.

"It's up to you, why don't you let him hang out for an hour?" Yuzhu and Zhou Quan looked at each other and smiled, then ignored Erente.

Yuzhu neither beat nor scolded, but let Erente sit on the bench in Fuya's porter.

Faced with such cold violence from his boss, to be honest, Erente really has nothing to do.

Yu Zhu did what he said, he sipped the tea, chatted with Zhou Quan for an hour, and then called Erente in.

After eating the cold violence, Erlente suddenly became more obedient. After entering the room, without saying a word, he saluted Qianqian and said respectfully: "Admiral Huguang, mark Erlente, please rest assured, Lord Fujun."

Yuzhu said with a smile: "Admiral, you are too polite, please sit down. Come and serve tea."

After the tea was served, Erente said impatiently: "Master Fujun, the Phoenix Army is in an emergency situation, please send troops quickly to help Phoenix..."

Erent complained a lot of troubles with one purpose, begging Yuzhu to send troops immediately to rescue the imperiled general of the town.

Yuzhu secretly felt it was funny, Erente was bullying him for not knowing the military situation in Hunan, right?

"Admiral, how did I hear that Zhang Bangsheng, the commander in chief of Zhenyu, was too greedy and drank a lot of soldiers' blood to stir up the mutiny?" Yu Zhu picked up the teacup and questioned Erente slowly.

There is a mutiny, and paper cannot contain the fire!

Erente was at a loss for words for a while, he didn't dare to say in front of Yuzhu that Zhang Bangsheng did not embezzle the soldiers' food and salaries.

After all, Erente also had a share of the black money earned by Zhang Bangsheng.

Zhou Quan on the side shook his head secretly, asking Erente, an incompetent person like Erente, to serve as the admiral of the green camp in a province, is there no one under his banner?

Seeing that Erente didn't dare to defend Zhang Bangsheng, Yuzhu said coldly: "If I remember correctly, Admiral Er, you have more than [-] troops under your command, right? Why don't you raise the army yourself?" , How about going to rescue Phoenix?"

"This..." Erente was originally a man who was greedy for life and afraid of death, but because of the support of his backer, he sat on the throne of Huguang Admiral. Where did he fight?

Of course, and more importantly, it was the powerful township soldiers making trouble.

With more soldiers under Erente's command, they can calmly retreat into Guizhou or Sichuan to suppress the rebellious soldiers.

If there are fewer soldiers, I'm afraid there will be no return!
Erente's silence completely exposed the fact that the banner people had gradually lost their martial spirit.

The banditry in Xiangxi is also inseparable from the special terrain where it is located in three provinces, or even at the junction of four provinces.

For example, Hunan has sent more troops, and the bandits will not fight head-on with the powerful officers and soldiers, but temporarily hide in Guizhou, Huguang or Sichuan.

No matter how many officers and soldiers there are, it is impossible to stay in the Xiangxi area all the time. This is also an important factor for the continuous banditry.

Of course, due to the special nature of the Qing government's rule of the majority by the minority, it did not dare to mobilize the common people to suppress bandits together. This is the core fundamental.

"Admiral, since you don't dare to lead troops to encircle and suppress, go back and rest." Yuzhu picked up the teacup, but didn't drink it.

Wu Jiang, who was waiting on the side, immediately shouted loudly: "See off the guests!"

Erente had no choice but to leave in despair.

Early the next morning, Yuzhu arrived at Shuiluzhou by boat.

Shuiluzhou is rich in oranges.

According to past memories, Yuzhu came to a place full of orange trees, looked up and was speechless for a long time.

In the end, Yu Zhu took the jug and poured three glasses of wine in a row.

First cup, to God.The second cup, respectfully.The third cup, to the great man!

At this time, in Shuiluzhou, apart from the orange trees, there are only a few fishermen's thatched huts, and there is no grand scene to speak of.

However, Yuzhu's heart was full of turbulence and passion.

Zhou Quan noticed Yuzhu's abnormal state, but he never dreamed that Yuzhu was remembering the great achievements of a great man!
Before leaving, following Yuzhu's order, Shuiluzhou was renamed: Orange Island!
As for the well-known song "Qinyuanchun·Changsha", Yuzhu dared not recite it in public no matter what.

There is no way, at this moment, once the great man's good words are exposed, no matter how stupid Kangxi is, he will curse: reckless!

After returning to the city, just in time for lunch, Yuzhu found a random restaurant and ordered a special dish: braised pork.

Yu Zhu specially asked the shopkeeper, and said very carefully.

"...Put the cut meat in a cold water pot... After the fragrance bursts, pour in the stir-fried pork belly and stir well, then cook in Shaoxing wine, add rock sugar... Use high heat to collect the juice, the soup is almost collected When cleaning, sprinkle a little sea intestine powder, be sure to stir well, and then it can be out of the pan. Remember, don’t put soy sauce.”

Zhou Quan asked Yu Zhu in confusion: "Why don't I know how to cook this kind of braised pork?" He is a famous foodie.

Yu Zhu smiled slightly and said, "This is braised pork, it's extremely delicious."

After Mao's Braised Pork was served on the table, Zhou Quan ate five yuan and couldn't help admiring: "Fat but not greasy, sweet and delicious, wonderful!"

Yuzhu turned his head to look in the direction of Juzizhou, and secretly made up his mind that although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go!
(End of this chapter)