Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 72 Chaozhou Storm

On the official road, the business group from Zhejiang came with great pomp, under the protection of the famous Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, laughing and laughing all the way.

Among all the foreign business groups, the Zhejiang business group undoubtedly had the largest number of visitors and the largest scale, with as many as two to three hundred men, women, and children.

This is of course due to the emphasis on business in Zhejiang, which accounted for the second among the top ten merchant gangs in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (Longyou Merchant Gang and Ningbo Merchants Gang). Comparably, it is because Liu Xun himself is from Shaoxing that the Shaoxing business gang, which was originally unable to enter the top class in the country, is also extremely active, and brings a lot of fathers and villagers who plan to play emotional cards with Liu Xun.

For example, Liu Xun, his second uncle, was originally just a small businessman, but now he has become an important figure in the entire team of Zhejiang merchants in one fell swoop.

In addition, there are his father-in-law and mother-in-law. His father-in-law is one of the most powerful country gentry in Shaoxing. The Italians involved behind the word Haimao.

In fact, the members of the Tiandihui who stayed in Chaozhou City, mainly Zhao Jingshan and Feng Zhenhai, were shocked when they heard the news, and they were so panicked that they didn't sleep last night.

Uncle Liu Xun, he can still try his best to cover it up. After all, Liu Dapao looks eighty-nine points like Liu Xun, but his father-in-law and mother-in-law are really different. They really can't think of any reason to let his parents disappear. A glance at his own daughter.

Already thinking about how to make up a legitimate reason to let Chen's death be suspended, such as a shipwreck or something.

However, it is said that these Zhejiang merchants have been limited by the ancient traffic conditions all the way. Even if they are good businessmen, they can be said to be living in the open, especially at this time when they have just dug out the vast mountains at the junction of Fujian and Guangdong. This Chaozhou city is not far away, naturally everyone has smiles on their faces.

But before they could see the outline of Chaozhou City clearly, they suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and dozens of Eight Banners soldiers bravely riding horses and armored rushed in front of them, reining in their horses and laughing wildly.

"For robbery, hand over all valuables to me. Men stand on the left and women stand on the right."

Zheshang was stunned for a moment, and saw the leader of the guard stand up and said: "This military lord, this old man is Wang Dalong, the head of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, dare to ask..."

"Men are the governors of Manchuria Zhenghuang Banner. Killing your whole family will be for nothing. If you dare to hurt me, the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau won't need to open. Get out of here."

Mr. Wang was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, but he cupped his hands with a flushed face, turned around and gave a fistful salute to his clients, and actually rolled away.

"Boss Wang, you...you can't do this."

"Boss, we agreed to protect you from thieves and bandits, but the Eight Banners... hey~ I will return the money to you later."

Seeing that the people from the Zhenyuan Security Bureau really retreated, they saw two people walking out of the team and said: "Old man Wei Xin is the uncle of Liu Zhongtang, the general manager of Chaozhou here, and this is his father-in-law. You came to our house for money. On the head, does this mean that some floods have washed over the Dragon King Temple?"

Wei Xin's actions can be said to have given these Eight Banners enough face, and he was not in the slightest domineering because his nephew was the supervisor who restrained them, and even this attitude was a bit low.

However, the Eight Banners are already arrogant when they go to the place. The Zhenghuang Banners rely on themselves as relatives of the emperor, the relatives of the emperor, and the emperor's army. They usually don't pay attention to the high officials among the Han people. They are not so much listening to Liu Dapao as they are. It was said that they were listening to Hao Duo, because Hao Duo respected Liu Dapao on the surface and was willing to obey Liu Dapao's orders, so he was able to instruct them.

After all, there are two distinct lines in the bureaucratic system of the Qing court, one is the line of slaves, and the other is the line of ministers. Some modern history lovers call the Manchu Dynasty a dynasty of slaves, which is actually not accurate.

Generally speaking, most Han people follow the line of vassals, because most people who want to take the line of slaves do not have this condition. In the middle and later periods, it was even stipulated that Han officials are not allowed to call themselves slaves, calling it evil. Liu Liu Xun, who was replaced by Da Pao, was born in the imperial examination, and he was a standard courtier who could no longer be standard.

On the Manchu side, most of them follow the line of servants. Especially in the early Qing Dynasty, the servants of the emperor's family were often more prestigious than the ministers when they went out. Even in the middle and late stages, some bannermen wanted to follow the line of servants, but they could not compete with the Han people. For example, the famous He Shen once participated in the imperial examination, but failed in the exam, so he turned to the palace and became a guard. This is already a standard slave background.

Therefore, Liu Dapao, the general manager of Chaozhou, is actually not a problem in controlling the two armies, but this control of the three armies is actually a bit powerless. In the early Qing Dynasty, it was normal for slaves to control ministers, but ministers restrained slaves. It's really hard.

People's wealth, life, and even their future and fate are not in your hands. You should be restrained. Everyone is not in the same system. This is to set up a memorial archway for other Han officials to see. Hao Duo is the one who can really manage got their leadership.

Now Hao Duo has lost face. He is a relative of Suo'etu, and he is pretending to be sick when he is obviously able to go to the field. Is this already obvious?

Several Eight Banners soldiers looked at each other and said: "Go up"

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Australia Island.

"What's going on, what happened in Chaozhou?" Liu Dapao asked eagerly.

"After you left, Mr. Zhongtang, the soldiers of the Eight Banners have always made troubles, harassing the merchants in the city, and no one can control them. As a last resort, the master ordered the green camp soldiers and horses in the city to protect the soldiers and horses in the city. Who knows that the Eight Banners are still making trouble. They didn’t stop, and almost got into a fight with the Green Camp soldiers.”

Liu Dapao was taken aback when he heard the words, and quickly exchanged glances with Lei Zhentian and Chen Shi.

"What was the result? How did it end? There won't be a real fight, right?"

"That's not true. Hao Duo showed up and asked to stop, but...but...but Master, he cut Hao Duo's face, arrested the troublemaker Baqi and didn't let him go."

Liu Dapao frowned slightly and said, "Master did the right thing. If it was me, I wouldn't let him go. Then?"

"Then...then Master Haoduo was said to have a relapse of an old injury, lying unconscious on the bed, the soldiers of the Eight Banners below, out of resentment, robbed the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, your uncle, and father-in-law and mother-in-law, all ... are all dead."

Liu Dapao was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he couldn't hold back when the incident happened, and suddenly burst into laughter: "My uncle and my father-in-law and mother-in-law died? What about the other villagers? Ha, ha, ha."

"Sir, you..."

"Oh, I'm overly sad, um, oh~ uncle~ my poor uncle and father-in-law~ hahaha."

　I know some people will think it's too exaggerated. Does the Eight Banners dare to kill the family members of the second-rank officials openly?How dare they!The Eight Banners in the early Qing Dynasty were really so arrogant.

　　When Wu Sangui rebelled, Wang Fuchen was as vital as the winner, almost helping anyone win. As Wu Sangui's old department, he had already made it clear that he would rebel against Wu, and took the initiative to send his sons to Kangxi as hostages. As a result, because of the Eight Banners Domineering Shengsheng forced Wang Fuchen to rebel. His son was working as a bodyguard for Kangxi at the time. When Kangxi said that your father was rebellious, everyone was dumbfounded.

　　(In order to beautify Kangxi, some film and television dramas described Wang Fuchen as an ambitious man who was originally rebellious, and sent his son to lower Kangxi's vigilance, but looking at the specific historical materials, Wang Fuchen was 100% forced to rebel, it was a temporary emergency, and he really rebelled on purpose That's not how battles are fought)

　　However, Wang Fuchen's rebellion directly allowed Wu Sangui to occupy the Guanzhong, and the soldiers pointed directly at the capital, and Kangxi almost rolled back outside the Guanzhong.

　　At this critical moment, the Eight Banners actually dared to bully Wang Fuchen, a feudal official with military power in his hands. This group of things is real, and it is not surprising that they did anything.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)