Cutting 1719

Chapter 380
The land in the south of the Yangtze River is far away from the imperial court, and the Jianghu organizations that have grown from this can be described as full of tricks, which exactly corresponds to the saying that the rivers and lakes are far away.When all walks of life were growing in the south of the Yangtze River, many gangs were also born, and even the White Lotus Sect was mixed in, and the Cao Gang became the representative force among them.

The reason why Zhang Tingyu mentioned that the Cao Gang can be used is the result of his understanding of the underground forces in the south of the Yangtze River, because compared to other gangs, the Cao Gang is indeed in a crisis of survival, and has even become a one-point Explosive kegs, and all of these have to start from the source of the Cao Gang.

The root of the existence of the Cao Gang is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal that runs through the north and the south. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the imperial court has attached great importance to the role of water transport, and even dug the canal for this reason. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the water transport function of the Grand Canal was still used by successive dynasties. attention of rulers.Like the transshipment divisions of the Song Dynasty, they were also called "Cao Si", one of the three local divisions, and the powers of the transshipment envoys were further strengthened.

In the Ming Dynasty, especially during the Yongle period, the demand for Mongolian soldiers was increasing. In order to ensure sufficient logistics supplies, Emperor Yongle absorbed the local population and refugees from the guard army to form a 10 Cao army team. , thus began to institutionalize the water transport, and after the capital was moved to Beijing, the water transport became the lifeline of the country thoroughly.

In the next 300 years, the water transportation system gave birth to a large number of dock areas, and sailors, trackers, and helmsmen living around these dock areas. There are many temporary workers, and these vast water transport participants constitute a large number of groups.

When millions of people lived around the water transport, the social network of these people inevitably became more and more complicated. In this long-term process, the water gang gradually began to take shape, and its organization and behavior became more and more complicated.

But today, the Cao Gang has not become more and more prosperous. On the contrary, there are signs of disintegration. The primary reason is that Ningchu established the country in Nanjing and completely cut off the water transportation to the north. , Naturally, the livelihood was cut off.

Zhang Tingyu discovered this sign very early, but the problem is that he never cared about it before, and he didn't bother to use these unworthy members of the Cao Gang, but now with the stability of Ning Chu's rule, the previous methods are gradually failing On the contrary, these gangs still have one or two things that can be used.

"Your Majesty, now that the Cao Gang has no food and clothing to rely on, and is facing a life-and-death situation, if it is used by me, the Qing Dynasty, to create a momentum in the land against Chu, it would be good. Chu Ni feels good, even if it doesn't work out, it won't hurt my Daqing."

Hearing these words, Yongzheng couldn't help being moved, "I know about this matter, you go down and make arrangements."

After all, Emperor Yongzheng still regards the people in Jiangnan as his own people, so it is not easy to say something too explicit. Now let Zhang Tingyu arrange it, and everyone will be happy if it succeeds. If it fails, the people in Water Transport will be killed. That's not his relationship with the emperor, it's purely Zhang Tingyu's fault.

Zhang Tingyu naturally understood it in his heart, so he kowtowed and left. After returning to the mansion, he wrote a letter in an instant, and sent someone to take it to the south through a secret channel. After everything was done, he sighed and went I practiced calligraphy in the study.

It's just that when Zhang Tingyu was writing, his heart was depressed and restless. A line of writing was always inappropriate, so he simply let go of his suppressed emotions and started writing heartily. After finishing writing, he just stopped writing and felt a long sigh tone.

At this time, on the white paper on the desk, the word "Kill" has been written in a big way, which looks daunting.

On the Nanjing Passenger Terminal, a very inconspicuous Guangzhou ship docked slowly, and a few strangely dressed men came down from it. The samurai swords, the leader of them was wearing a Ming Dynasty costume, and his hair bun looked like a Han family.

"Zhu Jun, after many years of absence, you have finally returned to the land of the Celestial Empire."

A young man with a yuedai head, speaking a very weird Daming official dialect, looked at the young man with a Daming costume, and blessed him from the bottom of his heart.

The young man called "Zhu Jun" had a look of excitement on his face, but he quickly restrained himself, and then there was a bit of pain in his expression, "Now the world is no longer, Daming has become history , even if the unfilial children and grandchildren return to the land of China, what can they do?"

"Zhu Jun, but now that the orthodoxy of the Han family has been re-established, don't you want to meet the Emperor Da Chu? You know, as an envoy of General Tokugawa, I have the opportunity to meet the Emperor!"

The identity of Tsukidaitou who spoke is indeed unusual. His name is Matsudaira Tsunayoshi. He came to Ningchu as the envoy of Tokugawa Yoshimune, the eighth general of the Edo shogunate. The young man he called Zhu Jun also had a very It's not simple, it's Zhu Yuyan, the descendant of the great Confucianist Zhu Shunshui who traveled eastward to Japan.

The so-called Zhu Shunshui, formerly known as Zhu Zhiyu, is a fellow of Wang Yangming and Huanglizhou, but he is 11 years older than Huanglizhou. When the Ming Dynasty fell, he couldn't bear to see Shenzhou Lu Shen, so he resolutely chose to go east to Japan, and then Received courtesy from Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the lord of the Mito feudal clan, he was very respectful and did not dare to call him by his name directly, so Zhu Zhiyu took the name of Shunshui, which means "the name of the water that belongs to the town of Shunshui".

Although ordinary people don't know Zhu Shunshui's name, his reputation in Japan is very high.The Japanese respectfully call Zhu Shunshui "Mount Tai Beidou". Whenever he lectures, many old Japanese scholars go to listen to his lectures with crutches. Zhu Shunshui has been in Japan for more than [-] years, and his students are all over the world. Japan and court officials even formed the Japanese "Edo School" with the purpose of "Shunshui Studies."

But even so, Zhu Shunshui had been looking forward to returning to his homeland all his life, but he never had the chance until he died. With the revival of the Han army and the founding of Nanjing, Zhu Yuyan, a descendant of Zhu Shunshui in Japan, also naturally got such a chance. A piece of news happened that Yoshimune Tokugawa, the general of the Edo shogunate, sent an envoy to China, and they came to Nanjing together.

"Mr. Songping, I appreciate your kindness. I just revisit my hometown. I don't want to just go to see the emperor directly. Let's take a look on the streets of Nanjing first."

Zhu Yuyan was born in Japan and grew up in Japan. Although he mastered proficient Chinese and Chinese under the upbringing of his parents, his memories of his homeland are only on paper and have become a symbolic existence.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Yuyan had extremely complicated feelings for his hometown, so he rejected Matsudaira Tsunakichi's kindness and chose to travel alone in Nanjing.

However, in fact, the whereabouts of Zhu Yuyan and Matsudaira Tsunayoshi have been passed to Ning Yu's hands through shadows. He is really curious about this descendant of the former Ming Confucianism.

(End of this chapter)